Highlight the important details in this passage.
With spring turning to summer, the rift between the twelve- and thirteen-year-olds grew worse. What if by September, when I was finally thirteen, they had fourteen-year-old clubs?
—"I'm Not Thirteen Yet,"
Amy Bernstein
What central idea do these details support?
The writer thinks about time passing by.
The writer wants to be older than her friends.
The writer wishes she were in a club.
The writer worries about being left out.
- Spring turning to summer
- Rift between twelve- and thirteen-year-olds growing worse
- Concerns about fourteen-year-old clubs
- Writer not yet thirteen
- Worries about being left out
These details support the central idea that the writer worries about being left out as she is not yet thirteen and is concerned about the potential formation of clubs for older kids.