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The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (Secret Language of Girls, Bk 2)
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be - Secret Language of Girls, Bk 2
Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Kate and Marilyn 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 mroe and more unalike. And that's becoming h...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780545293563
ISBN-10: 0545293561
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 234
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Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Paperback
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Grade 58This insightful sequel to The Secret Language of Girls (S & S, 2004) stands alone, but readers will want to go back and find out more about these engaging characters. Kate and Marylin used to be best friends, but sixth grade changed things. Now, as seventh graders, they are trying to work their way back to the way things "used to be." But it's not so easy when they are so different; Kate's new passion is the guitarand her heavy black bootswhile Marylin, a cheerleader, is determined to be feminine and popular at all costs. Alternating points of view make it easy for readers to relate to both girls as they navigate friendship, romance, and family relationships. Dowell gets middle-school dynamics exactly right, and while her empathetic portraits of Kate and Marylin are genuine and heartfelt, even secondary characters are memorable. A realistic and humorous look at the trials and tribulations of growing up and growing independent.Laurie Slagenwhite, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI
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