48:42 Read the excerpt from "I'm Not Thirteen Yer" by Amy
The narrator is excluded from the thirteen-year-old clubs
because
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O she is not liked by anyone.
she is not old enough yet.
O she is too shy to join.
O she is too immature.
Lynette started bringing new thirteen-year-old friends to
our lunch table. Then Lynette and these new girls began
holding thirteen-year-old clubs after school. Obviously
they were far more mature with the word "teen" attached
to their age. It wouldn't be long before there was tape
down the middle of the cafeteria, dividing it in two. If you
weren't thirteen, you dared not enter the thirteen-year-old
side. If you tried, the lip gloss army would hurl you back.
Gradually, Lynette stopped inviting me over alter school.
One day, on my way into the girls' bathroom, I overheard
Lynette and Shelley Abrams discussing their after-school
plans at Dale's Ice Cream