![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Young Shannon also begins to explore her burgeoning hope of becoming a writer, challenging the societal message that “the most important thing for a girl is to grow up and get married.” Hale offers a frank look at the callous and cliquish tendencies of her social circle as well as her struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. 5/17), Hale straps in to the roller coaster rides, both real and metaphorical, of her sixth-grade year in 1980s Salt Lake City: maintaining her place in “The Group” of popular girls, navigating how much she should “like” or “ like like” a boy, figuring out what she’s suddenly become too old to do-at least according to her so-called friends. In this follow-up to her graphic memoir Real Friends (rev. Intermediate, Middle School First Second/Roaring Brook 250 pp. ![]()
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