Real Friends

Real Friends

By Shannon Hale

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“Fresh and funny.” ―New York Times Book Review

Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends―and why it's worth the journey.

When best friends are not forever . . .

Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since they were little. But one day, Adrienne starts hanging out with Jen, the most popular girl in class and the leader of a circle of friends called The Group. Everyone in The Group wants to be Jen's #1, and some girls would do anything to stay on top . . . even if it means bullying others.

Now every day is like a roller coaster for Shannon. Will she and Adrienne stay friends? Can she stand up for herself? And is she in The Group―or out?

Publisher: First Second
ISBN-13: 9781626724167
ISBN-10: 1626724164
Published on 5/2/2017
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224

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so sad don't ever lose your friends be really nice

A colorful story about Shannon Hale's childhood life. Real Friends tells the story of how Shannon Hale overcame her shyness and met a new friend. The two girls have imaginative adventures and meet more friends along the way. This new outlook on friendship and cliques was very entertaining and fun.

I recommend this for someone who's still in school and has friendship complications!! Real Friends is about a girl named Shannon and she has a best friend named Adrienne. But sine Adrienne's more popular than Shannon, Adrienne hangs out with the coolest people in school, otherwise known as "The Group". The leader of "The Group", Jen, has a BFF, Jenny. Jenny is jealous of Shannon and bullies Shannon into tears each day. These confused friendships force Shannon into a spot of unpopularity. But Shannon doesn't know if she can stand a day with "The Group" anymore. Finding her real friends who appreciate her real talents means the most to Shannon.

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Also it was so sweet I cried at the part when her and her sister finally got along with each other 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Your kinda give'n people the ending so.. SHHHH!

Giver Giver

It is an amazing 😉 book so I will suggest that some of you read it. 😀😍😍😍😍

This book was soooooo good! I thought it would be so corny, but it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is one of my all time favorite graphic novels. You should totally read it.

I really liked this book. I went the library and checked it out along with about 11 other books. I read a lot. I read this TWO times on a SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really good, but don't read until you're 9-10ish.