Ten, Eleven, and Twelve (first half) by Lauren Myracle: Winnie is a regular kid growing up at her own pace one year at a time and learning how to deal with changing friends, changing family members, changing priorities, and her changing body and mind. She just wishes everything could stay the same. POV: 1st person limited, past tense.
Each book captures one year of her life with a chapter per month. Each chapter mainly covers an event that happened during the month, not everything that happened during the month. The books are mostly light, and Winnie is a fun main character. She's a late bloomer, and this is handled pretty well. Her mother is amazing, her older sister is well-drawn, and her puzzlement about the choices her friends are making is really genuine. Sometimes I feel like maybe the narrator is a bit too old for her years, but, frankly, I don't really care. (The popularity of these books indicates that most tween girls don't care either.)
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