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That's What Friends Do

That's What Friends Do

Current price: $49.99
Publication Date: January 28th, 2020
Publisher:
HarperCollins
ISBN:
9781094113524
Pages:
0

It’s been a while since I read a middle-grade book, but this bittersweet tale of adolescent friendship was certainly worth making an exception for. The relationships are messy and complicated, and while parents and peers ‘just don’t understand,’ the novel doesn’t try to paint miscommunication as an insurmountable part of growing up, but rather a problem to be rectified. This is a tale of self-discovery and shame, of realizing your parents aren’t perfect and you aren’t either, and an important book for anyone who has ever lost a friend or wondered why things can’t stay the same forever. If you’re looking for catharsis, That’s What Friends Do will deliver.

Reid Wilson, Prairie Pages Bookseller, Pierre, SD
Winter 2019 Kids Indie Next List