{"product_id":"we-used-to-be-friends-amy-spalding-9781419738661","title":"We Used to Be Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo best friends grow up--and grow apart--in Amy Spalding's innovative contemporary YA novel. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told in dual timelines--half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward--\u003ci\u003eWe Used to Be Friends \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood besties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they're no longer friends. James prepares to head off to college as she reflects on the dissolution of her friendship with Kat while, in alternating chapters, Kat thinks about being newly in love with her first girlfriend and having a future that feels wide open. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the course of senior year, Kat wants nothing more than James to continue to be her steady rock, as James worries that everything she believes about love and her future is a lie when her high-school sweetheart parents announce they're getting a divorce. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Funny, honest, and full of heart, \u003ci\u003eWe Used to Be Friends \u003c\/i\u003etells of the pains of growing up and growing apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Amy Spalding knows that best friendships are love stories, and this one is complex, earnest, and unflinching. A must-read for anyone who's ever had or lost a friend.\" --Becky Albertalli, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Spalding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419738666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419738661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e515239 \/ We Used to Be Friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020","brand":"Amy Spalding","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050664390911,"sku":"9781419738661","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e81f9416-9045-4c20-b2ac-532208cbc351.jpg?v=1685008527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-used-to-be-friends-amy-spalding-9781419738661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}