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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 journeyWhen best friends are not forever. No way I can’t believe how great this book is If I were a wealthy schoolteacher I’d gift this to all of my students This is unlike any memoir I’ve ever read For starters it’s a graphic novel so it’s not your usual memoir Also since Shannon Hale is obsessed with stories there are stories within this story It’s really special Truthfully the plot isn’t exceptional I mean it’s about a girl in middle school who has trouble making friends and even when she makes them she has trouble keeping them There is bullying involved but lots of happy moments as well I’m sure there are thousands of books exploring friendship in middle school So what makes this story worth your time Mini Shannon Hale that’s for sure She is absolutely relatable She herself is not the popular type and yet her honesty uirkiness and friendliness make her someone you’d want to be around She sees the world differently and that makes her interesting I remember having trouble making friends in middle school as well Like Shannon things started well but kids have a flare for drama so there were tears and sadness involved in my childhood too Shannon Hale wanted readers to be able to say ‘‘That’s exactly how I felt’’ and I think she succeededBecause it’s a memoir illustrating S Hale’s life from first grade to fifth grade—those are five years—it progresses really fast I liked that about it Not too fast to seem like the author doesn’t touch on anything substantial Just very very well But then again that’s how it has to be since this is a short book The graphics are wonderful I know I’ve only praised S Hale so far but the reality is this book wouldn’t have been half as engrossing if LeUyen Pham hadn’t done such a fantastic job of bringing S Hale’s past to life I can’t wait to read THE PRINCESS IN BLACK since I read she was the illustrator for that one tooI can’t stress this enough Kids need to read this book Blog | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram | Google | Bloglovin’
Summary Real Friends
Real FriendsO be Jen's and some girls would do anything to stay on top even if it means bullying othersNow 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 ou. Real Friends will be highly relatable to many This is a nonfiction graphic novel account of author Shannon Hale's elementary years up to 5th grade specifically her upsetting experiences with friendship Going only by the title and cover art I thought this would be a mostly feel good story about friendships that grow into the solid kind that last a lifetime It's the opposite Hale struggled with a selfish cliue of popular girls who included her in their group sometimes but simply tolerated her when she was in then outright shunned her Real Friends's story line definitely isn't uniue but Hale effectively captured the painful and sometimes scary dynamics of cliues especially the all consuming loneliness the shunned feel I related to the story as I became the shunned in 6th grade my worst school year with memories that remain some of my most vivid and pain that's somehow still very sharp I also witnessed others get mocked and shunned usually for superficial reasons such as one nice girl the grade above me who was shunned because of her raging acne Children have a breath taking lack of or very little empathy and Hale's account is powerful in its highlighting of how absolutely essential empathy isI recommend this for children and adults though children probably will get out of it Hale's seuel is Best Friends which I'll read next