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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing

ISBN-101416907173

ISBN-139781416907176

eBay Product ID (ePID)46575415

Product Key Features

Book TitleSecret Language of Girls

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicSchool & Education, General, Social Themes / Friendship, Girls & Women, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorFrances O'roark Dowell

Book SeriesThe Secret Language of Girls Trilogy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight6.2 Oz

Item Length7.6 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2003-012026

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromThird Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisIn 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 justknew.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..., 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., 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..., 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...

LC Classification Number2003012026