Friends forever

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Title:

Friends forever

Author:

Hale, Shannon, author.

Pham, LeUyen, artist.

Sycamore, Hilary, colorist.

Series:

Friends (Hale and Pham) ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be? -- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

Chiefly illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

280 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Genre:

Autobiographical comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Social acceptance in children -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Self-acceptance -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Depression in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Author(s):

Pham, LeUyen,

Sycamore, Hilary,

Publisher:

First Second,

Publication Date:

2021

ISBN:

9781250317551

9781250317568

Publication Information:

New York, NY : First Second, 2021.

Call Number:

J HALE

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

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Summary

Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever , a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are.

Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy .

As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be?

With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.

Author Notes

Shannon Hale was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 26, 1974. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Montana. Her first book, The Goose Girl, was published in 2003. She writes for both adults and young adults. Her adult books include Austenland, Midnight in Austenland, and The Actor and the Housewife. Her young adult books include Book of a Thousand Days, Princess Academy, Palace of Stone, and the Ever after High series. She co-wrote the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack with husband Dean Hale.

(Bowker Author Biography)