I loved this book. I think every one having BFF problems has found their solution with this book. I literally couldn't put it down!
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (The Secret Language of Girl Trilogy)
By Frances O'Roark Dowell
Book 2 of 3 in the
The Secret Language of Girls Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 8 | n/a | 5.8 | 40314 |
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.
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.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781416997795
ISBN-10: 1416997792
Published on 4/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
Book Reviews (15)
This book is amazing! It is perfect for the girly girl and tom boy. It shows two used to be friends trying to live through school. So realistic.
This was a great book about two girls who are having trouble in there friendship. They both want to be friends but they are so different in many, many ways! Do you think they will become friends again?
you shouldnt be spoiling the story JUST SAYING!!!!!
A great book! When Kate and Marylin (BFF's) start to find their calling, they begin to branch away from each other. They've been BFF's for as mu h as forever but will that change, and if it does, will they ever become friends again? READ THE BOOK!
DONT SPOIL THE STORY AGAIN
I didn't honestly like this book that much. It was kind of dry, just talking about things people do everyday. And the characters didn't seem real to me. I couldn't picture them in real life. Eh it wasn't a very good book.