Thirteen Never Changes

When her grandmother passes away, Lorinda inherits a collection of diaries that chronicle the older woman's teenage years and early adulthood. As she reads through the entries, she discovers that the worries, friendships, and hopes her grandmother recorded at thirteen are strikingly similar to her own experiences as a teen. The story follows Lorinda as she navigates the turbulence of adolescence while finding unexpected comfort in the parallel life of her grandmother. The journals reveal that the tumultuous feeling of being thirteen never really changes.