The Kind of Friends We Used to Be

Name: The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
ISBN: 9781440708855

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Series: Secret Language of Girls

Narrator: Jessica Almasy

Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/27/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Having spent her youth travelling the world, Edgar Award winner Frances O'Roark Dowell is the author of the critically acclaimed Shooting the Moon. A compelling coming-of-age story, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be will resonate in the minds of listeners of all ages long after its conclusion.

About Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I’d Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; and most recently, Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke

Spot-on depiction of middle school social politics -- this little number is something I wish I could have had when I was twelve. In the predecessor to this book (The Secret Language of Girls, which I haven't read), best friends Marylin and Kate grow apart when Marylin joins the cheerleading squad. Th......more

Goodreads review by Kailey_C1

I read this book when school started. This book was actually better then i thought it would be.One thing I really liked about this book is the relationship between Marylin and Kate. I could really understand that feeling because i had those friends who was totally different from who I was. In the be......more

Goodreads review by Tori

I just finished reading The Kind Of Friends We Used To Be written by: Frances O'Roark Dowell. This book about two girls - Kate and Marylin - have been best friends forever, but now there starting to become just friends. My favorite part of this book is probably the ending because it is heart felt an......more

Goodreads review by Kriti

I could not put this book down in 4th grade. Literally. I borrowed it from my class library in October and kept rereading it until June.......more