It's kind of embarrassing when you're opening rejection letters one day and writing about twelve-year-olds successfully publishing self-help books the next. But that's life! Libby Rees, 12, is on her second book. (Her first, about coping with her parents' divorce, was published three years ago). It's called At Sixes and Sevens and is about "making the transition from primary to secondary school." In other words, it's about the sheer hell of starting high school, going from "being the biggest to the small fry." Note to young readers: this pattern will repeat itself throughout your lives. [Sydney Morning Herald]