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.
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"I loved The Kind of Friends We Used to Be! Kate and Marylin's friendship has changed; they acknowledge that and miss the younger friendship-of-convenience that kids tend to have, but they still value one another and their shared history. Kate at one point tells Marylin, "I'm good the way I am," and while she does mean that, she is also trying on a new way. Meanwhile Marylin is starting to figure out that she can consult herself about things like whether to go out with a particular boy; it doesn't have to be about what anyone else is going to think. The ending was pure transcendent grace."
— Lindi (4 out of 5 stars)
" I liked this book, but I think it was meant for younger kids. "
— Jane569, 2/12/2014" It had a bunch if detail and you as a refer wanted to keep reading and have the book never end "
— Ari, 1/24/2014" It was great! though it had one of those endings that dont really conclude the story. "
— Jz, 1/22/2014" I loved the well-developed and complicated characters in this book. The ending felt a little rushed though and I was sad to be "excused" from the story when I wasn't ready to leave it. "
— Allison, 1/20/2014" This book so far is really good, it's about a girl named kate that wants to be a guitar girl and she meets some new friends and is not sure if she likes her first day first day of school so far. "
— Danielle, 1/19/2014" very good, just very long chapters "
— Taylor, 1/17/2014" i think it was a really great book because me and my old best friend didnt have a lot in common>>>>>> "
— Cowgirl, 1/14/2014" wow a book about 2 girl's that USED to be best friends how one became a catty cherleader and the other who became true to herself "
— Julia, 1/12/2014" I really liked this book. way better than the first one. the way the characters matured was stupefying. Marilyn learned to be more accepting of others and Kate couldn't care less what others thought about her. "
— Gaia, 1/1/2014" nice <3 "
— Tessa, 12/1/2013" Bianca "
— Bianca, 11/28/2013Frances 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 bestselling 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 Medal; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; the teen novel Ten Miles Past Normal; and the critically acclaimed The Second Life of Abigail Walker. She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina.
Jessica Almasy (she, her) is an actress, theater teacher, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She has recorded over eighty titles, including the Earphones Award–winning Clementine series and Operation Yes. She is the winner of two Audie Awards and several AudioFile Earphones Awards.