Friends Forever (Real Friends #3)

by Shannon Hale (Author) Leuyen Pham (Illustrator)

Friends Forever (Real Friends #3)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Real Friends

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.

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A likable journey that is sensitive to the triumphs and agonies of being a 13-year-old girl.

Review quotes

Praise for Best Friends:

"Somehow, Hale and Pham have made the "normal girl" into the ultimate cool girl." —The New York Times Book Review

"This uncommonly honest portrayal of the lures and pitfalls of popularity will likely ring true to many elementary and middle-school readers." —Booklist, starred review

"A terrific look at middle school culture . . . This authentic, important book will mean a great deal to many kids." —School Library Journal, starred review

"A must-read for fans of Raina Telgemeier or Victoria Jamieson . . . This glimpse into middle school is insightful, introspective, and important." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A natural suggestion for fans of Cece Bell and Raina Telgemeier, this book offers an honest, empathetic, and encouraging narrative for young readers braving the ups and downs of the tween years." —Horn Book

Praise for Real Friends:

"Fresh and funny." —New York Times Book Review

"The book's truth is as vibrant as its art." —Washington Post

I have two boys, they love these books. They love to talk about the friendships, I love that I am discussing all of these issues through the lives of these girls. There is something about it that's so wonderful. —NPR

"Wistful, affecting, and utterly charming." —Booklist, starred review

"A heart-stabbing tale of the everyday social agonies of girlhood." —Wall Street Journal

"Shows us the incredible kindness and solidarity that girls can and do display." —The Mary Sue

"Bound to resonate with most readers, especially fans of Raina Telgemeier." —School Library Journal, starred review

"A wonderfully observed portrait of finding one's place in your world." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Nails what it's like to navigate elementary-school friendships." —Parents Magazine

"Sure to be loved by anyone who has ever felt like an outsider." —Victoria Jamieson, New York Times-bestselling and Newbery Honor author of Roller Girl

"Fresh, fun, and achingly real. Bravo!" —Jennifer L. Holm, New York Times-bestselling and Newbery Honor author and co-creator of Sunny Side Up and the Babymouse series

"This book is SO GOOD. SO MANY FEELS." —Gene Luen Yang, award-winning author of American Born Chinese

I love this book

Freind forever is the best book ever because there is more books Of her child hood so that is why I love this

This book was amazing.

I am in love with this book because there graphic novels and they have lots of drama I also like them because I like comic books.

Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale are the award-winning husband-and-wife team behind the Princess in Black series, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale is also the author of the Newbery Honor Book Princess Academy as well as the New York Times best-selling graphic novels Real Friends and Best Friends, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale live in Salt Lake City, Utah.

LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of the Princess in Black series as well as many other books for children, including Pat-a-Cake by Mary Brigid Barrett, God's Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams, Aunt Mary's Rose by Douglas Wood, and Real Friends and Best Friends by Shannon Hale. LeUyen Pham lives in California.
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ISBN-13
9781250317568
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
First Second
Publication date
August 31, 2021
Series
Real Friends
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
JNF062010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Biography
JNF053060 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Friendship
JNF062040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Social Topics
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