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Kate and Marylin have always been the kind of best friends who don't need words to talk to one another; they always just knew what the other was thinking. But lately it's starting to feel as though they don't know each other at all anymore. Marylin decides Kate (who still chases fireflies!) still acts like a baby, while Kate doesn't understand Marylin's new obsession with painting her toenails or wanting to be a cheerleader (and becoming on eof those people who only thinks about her hair!). And even though, secretly, they both wish things could be the way they were, neither one of them know how to get back there.
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"I am currently reading The Secret Language of Girls by: Frances O'Roark Dowell. This book is the one you are supposed to read before you read The Kind of Friends We Used To Be. This book was practically made for girls who love fiction and that's why this book wanted me to keep reading it. Not only is Frances O'Roark Dowell a great author, the really understands what Middle School girls lives are like! I'm glad there is sequel because I love the book Mrs. Dowell writes. I will warn you once you start reading this you put this book down. It becomes the only thing you want to do. This book should be rated - in my opinion - five stars because it is ridiculously amazing. There is only a few ways I can relateto though. Here it is I can relate to how Kate feels when Marylin left Kate for a different group of girls- I am not going to say how that was because they might get offended if they read my review. Even though I am only on page one hundered seventy two, this book is really outstandingly amazing."
— Tori (5 out of 5 stars)
The Secret Language of Girls Listener Reviews
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" This is a good book "
— Miki, 2/18/2014 -
" I read this book in the beginning of 6th grade and I cant remember everything about this book. I remember it was a sweet book about friendship. Its a good book for girls just starting middle school and helps prepare them for conflicts with girls and boys. "
— Demitra, 2/3/2014 -
" It was a bit kiddish. I picked it up without having a look through it, and realised it was written really big. The usual stuff about friends growing apart. I should really start reading something a bit more original. "
— Giulia, 1/22/2014 -
" I thought it was sad and happy at the same time. "
— Elizabeth, 1/21/2014 -
" I really liked this story about the two girls; I even read it twice. The conflicts of growing up and apart make the story easily lovable. "
— Angel, 1/14/2014 -
" i've read this book a MILLION times and it's great! "
— Sporky27, 12/18/2013 -
" This was a quick, easy read that I devoured in 3 hours. I was entertaining at parts but I thought the ending should have been better. I give it 3 stars. "
— Aspen, 11/10/2013 -
" A little too young, and weird, for my liking... "
— Leah, 11/5/2013 -
" Great early teen or pre teen read that really addresses the issues girls face in being themselves vs. being part of the in-crowd. "
— Caroline, 10/10/2013 -
" I thought that the book The Secret Language of girls was okay. It was a little confusing at the beginning but by the end i understood it. I liked how it was so detailed, and explained it so well. i thought that the ending was the best! Overall i thought this book was pretty good. "
— 6maginn_taylor, 10/5/2013 -
" Cute book i read it when i was 13 probabley for a younger age though. Overall WONDERFUL book:)It really does show exactoley what the title is the "Secret Language of Girls":) "
— Katie, 9/23/2013 -
" Bittersweet reminder of what it was like to be a 6th grade girl. "
— Joy, 8/16/2013 -
" Very cute, but king of cunfusing. "
— Elisa, 8/10/2013 -
" I thought this book wuz great "
— Kathryn707, 6/1/2013 -
" It was a stupid book. The girls got in fights, they were best friends before, a waste of money. I am so glad I borrowed it instead of buying it. "
— Khadija, 5/14/2013 -
" this book is short though i loved it and they are in middle school. I really recommend it!!!!!!! "
— Elaina, 11/17/2012 -
" I liked this book, but I felt that is was a typical BFF book. I wish it had more drama or adventure, something that would make it interesting, instead of the typical friends getting torn apart. "
— Caty, 8/15/2012 -
" This story is so suitable for young ones.. All about girls, friends and how did they socialize. "
— Batrisyia, 5/27/2012 -
" it was good if you like realalistic fiction "
— Jz, 12/30/2011 -
" this book was so good its a great story with a fabo ending! "
— Mackenzie, 12/14/2011 -
" This is a cute and predictable book about friendships changing as puberty hits. "
— Jen, 9/27/2011 -
" It was nice. Wierd but nice. Teaches a great deal of friendship! But still wierd! :D "
— Waffle...♥, 9/1/2011 -
" A little dated technology wise but the main characters are very engaging. An interesting discussion would be to see which main character everyone relates with more closely. "
— Heather, 5/24/2011 -
" OMG it was one of my favorite books "
— Cindy, 5/21/2011 -
" Not as good as the second, maybe because I read the second first. "
— THE{Youth}*OF*[Today]~IS~Our(Tomorrow), 5/13/2011 -
" Now that these 2 friends are attending middle school they are kinda spitting up and going therenseperate ways. when i read it i didn't know what would happen. so i kept reading it. "
— Ashlyn, 2/14/2011 -
" I can't wait to read the next one!!! this is such a good girl book! "
— Annie, 2/9/2011 -
" It was a cute book. "
— Abby, 2/3/2011
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 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.