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The Kind of Friends We Used to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell
5.0
Re-read April 2018: I had previously read this in 2011 but didn’t remember it at all! I loved it just as much this time as I did before. Friendships in middle school are so difficult to manage, and this book was a great look at how to be yourself and keep friends while making new ones.
Originally read in 2011: The sequel to The Secret Language of Girls is just as good as the original, if not more. Kate and Marylin are starting seventh grade and their friendship is still hanging on, but there are so many new facets brought in that it's exciting (and a little nerve-wracking) to follow them through this book. It's easy to feel like one of the characters' friends, or even like the characters themselves as you slip into their lives and get caught up in their hopes, dreams, and drama. It's a very touching book and a great show of how girls this age grow up and adjust to the world. Emotional, but not in a sentimental way, just very realistic and well-written.
Originally read in 2011: The sequel to The Secret Language of Girls is just as good as the original, if not more. Kate and Marylin are starting seventh grade and their friendship is still hanging on, but there are so many new facets brought in that it's exciting (and a little nerve-wracking) to follow them through this book. It's easy to feel like one of the characters' friends, or even like the characters themselves as you slip into their lives and get caught up in their hopes, dreams, and drama. It's a very touching book and a great show of how girls this age grow up and adjust to the world. Emotional, but not in a sentimental way, just very realistic and well-written.