| The Secret Language of Girls Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Dowell, Frances O'Roark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416907173 ISBN-13: 9781416907176 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Keenly insightful and poignantly hopeful, this novel explores the shifting terrain of the friendship of sixth-graders Kate and Marylin, capturing the awkward dance of two best friends trying to find common ground as they grow up. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003012026 |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Series: Secret Language of Girls Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 78525 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being. Eleven-year-old Kate Faber wishes she could talk to her best friend, Marylin, about this. But Marylin is no longer her best friend. Or is she? Kate and Marylin were always the kind of best friends who lived on the same block for their entire lives, and who agreed on what kinds of boys were worth kissing and who should be invited to their sleepover. The kind of best friends who didn't need words to talk, but who always just knew. But lately Marylin has started to think that Kate can be a bit babyish. And Kate thinks Marylin is acting like a big snob. Somehow nothing is the same, but secretly Kate and Marylin both wish it could be... |
Contributor Bio(s): Dowell, Frances O'Roark: - Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; and The Class. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.Dowell, Frances O.: - Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Medal; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; the critically acclaimed The Second Life of Abigail Walker; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; and most recently the Sam the Man series. She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com. |