The Secret Language of Girls (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689844218)

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 had always been the kind of best friends who lived on the same block for their entire lives and who could agree on the kind of boys worth kissing (only movie stars) or who should be invited to their sleepover (definitely not Mazie Calloway or Elinor Pritchard). 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 that Marylin is acting like a big snob. And a lot of the time, well, it feels as though they just don't know each other anymore. Somehow nothing is the same, but secretly Kate and Marylin both wish that it could be....
Edgar Award-winning author Frances O'Roark Dowell explores how far the bonds of true friendship can be stretched as Kate and Marylin struggle to navigate the inexplicable terrain of sixth grade.

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
ISBN-10: 0689844212
ISBN-13: 9780689844218
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2004
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.26w x 0.94d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 78525 / Secret Language of Girls


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2004 pg. 328
School Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg. 146
Publishers Weekly 05/31/2004 pg. 74
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2004 pg. 460
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2004 pg. 450
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 378 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 378 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 58