| The Kind of Friends We Used to Be Contributor(s): Dowell, Frances O'Roark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416950311 ISBN-13: 9781416950318 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Kate and Marilyn are halfway through middle school and halfway back to being the kind of friends they were before Marilyn became a cheerleader. Even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they are becoming more and more unalike, in this companion novel to "The Secret Language of Girls." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008022245 |
| Lexile Measure: 950 |
| Series: Secret Language of Girls Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.44" W x 7.78" (0.62 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 128826 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kate and Marylin are best friends forever.... Well, except for last year when they weren't friends anymore.... And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don't know how. But the thing is, even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they are becoming more and more unalike. And that's becoming harder and harder to deal with. Well, it would be a lot easier if Kate would just take some of Marylin's fashion advice. Ballet flats would look so much better than those big black combat boots. Feminine. But Kate doesn't want to be feminine. She wants to learn guitar and write her own songs; she wants to be the exact opposite of the middle-school cheerleaders. And maybe if Marylin would just stick up for herself and not get bullied by Mazie (the Meanest Cheerleader Ever) into judging anyone who's the least bit different, Marylin and Kate could be real friends again. Funny, realistic, and incredibly insightful, Edgar Award-winning novelist Frances O'Roark Dowell explores the shifting terrain of middle-school friendship in the companion book to the well-loved The Secret Language of Girls. |
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. |