Middle School is when you either become a dork, or avoid being a dork. You learn to navigate the important choices in life—choices that will prove you’re a hopeless moron, or show the world that you actually are (surprise! surprise!) as cool as you hope.
What People are Saying
All I can say is thank you. From a mom's perspective (I have three sons, the first of which moves into the unknown of middle school this fall!), this book is incredibly timely, hilariously written and so non-judgmental. It's informative and gives kids the truth about the world we live in. Churches when I was growing up just didn't talk about the tough stuff. Thanks for bridging that gap for my son. I read the book in less than two hours and passed it on to him! Since then he hasn't put it down...
—Kristan Zeilan
I wanted to take a minute to tell you that I think your new book “Surviving Middle School” is great! I just got it yesterday in my Interlinc YLO Box and I have read about 50 pages of it so far. You make the terror of Middle School seem ‘conquerable’. I like the way you have written this book so much that I am seriously considering doing a fall retreat for my middle schoolers around the book.
Thanks for your efforts!
—Ken Proctor
First United Methodist Church Greenville, MI
I got my box last night. Saw Rick's Middle school book in it and
handed it to my son and said “read this when you get time.” Usually as
with most preteens when you get time means maybe some day. He took a
look at the cover and started to read right away. I got the box at
4:30 by the time we went to bed he had read about half the book and we
had youth group last night. He loves the book and his only complaint
was that he wished we would have brought it out last year. (He is
almost finished with his first year of middle school).
Another great resource! Congrats!
—Dave Weiss
New Creation Fellowship, Reading, PA
It’s big, it’s dark, and it’s coming for your kids... Middle School!
Middle School (some people know it as “Junior High”) is a whole new world full of new people, new schedules, weird situations and bizarre relationships. It’s a time of life when “transmogrification” takes place in kids’ bodies, homes, friendships, and brains.
Middle School is when they learn to navigate the important issues of life.
Surviving Middle School: The Book & The Soundtrack is a plethora of tips, tunes, advice and wisdom that will guide the middle schooler through these important years of his or her life. Relient K, Superchick, Tobymac, Stellar Kart and others join surfer-author Rick Bundschuh in bringing the wisdom…and the fun.
Download a Welcome to Middle School Night Event (804kb PDF)
Download some Grade School Transition Ideas (216kb PDF)
Get the Surviving Middle School Book & CD now from our online store!
Read a sample chapter
