The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O’Roark Dowell (Trade Paperback)

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
• Title: The Secret Language of Girls
• Publisher: ‎ Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Aladdin Paperbacks Edition (October 2005)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Trade Paperback – 247 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1416907173
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1416907176
• Reading age: ‎ 8 – 12 years
• Lexile measure: ‎ 870L
• Grade level: ‎ 3 – 7
• Item Weight: ‎ .50 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.13 x 0.7 x 7.63 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (may show some minor discoloration on page edges
• Cover Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First Aladdin Paperbacks Edition

Synopsis:

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…

About the Author:

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.