The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (Sequel to Secret Language of Girls)

Dowell, Frances O'Roark

ISBN 10: 0545293561 / ISBN 13: 9780545293563

Published by Scholastic, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (Sequel to Secret Language of Girls)
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545293561
• ISBN 13: 9780545293563
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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From Publishers Weekly This sequel to Dowell's The Secret Language of Girls follows Marylin and Kate as they start seventh grade on a tense note, having drifted from being BFFs to being neighbors who tiptoe around each other, unsure of what to say. The third-person perspective shifts between the two: Marylin learns that being a cheerleader means putting up with obnoxious snobs, and Kate develops an interest in songwriting. This even-handedness is both a strength and a weakness. Both girls are sympathetic but the constant switching back and forth between their various crises—Marylin's parents' divorce; Kate's anxiety over a cute boy in her creative writing club—means neither girl's story gets substantial treatment. It's more a slice of middle school life, kept afloat by Dowell's smart insights into the way the middle school mind works. The territory is familiar, but for girls on either end of a friendship whose contours keep changing, Dowell's treatment will act as a balm. Ages 8–12. (Jan.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.