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The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away by Frances O'Roark Dowell - ISBN: 9781442432901
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Friendship, cheerleading, and crushes collide in this complicated coming-of-age story.

The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2014

Summary

Marylin and Kate find that boys can be just as complicated as friendship in this conclusion to the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy, a “quietly perceptive tour de force” from the bestselling author of Dovey Coe and The Secret Language of Girls.

Marylin knows that, as a middle school cheerleader, she has certain obligations. She has to smile as she walks down the hall, be friends with the right people, and keep her manicure in tip-top shape. But Marylin is…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781442432901
ISBN-10:144243290X
Author:Frances O'Roark Dowell
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 October 2014
Weight:177g
Dimensions:20mm x 130mm x 194mm
Series:The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy
Audience Age:10-14
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Critics Review

“She refuses to oversimplify, allowing readers access to the girls’ homes as well as school, making it clear that their inner lives are as complicated as their readers’. Secondary characters, especially the girls’ parents, are likewise given satisfying emotional complexity…. readers leave Kate and Marylin poised between childhood and adulthood—they are not finished, but they are on their way.” * Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW *

About The Author

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of:

  • Dovey Coe (Edgar Award and William Allen White Award winner)
  • Where I’d Like to Be
  • The Secret Language of Girls
  • The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
  • The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away
  • Chicken Boy
  • Shooting the Moon (Christopher Award winner)
  • The Phineas L. MacGuire series
  • Falling In
  • The Second Life of Abigail Walker (received three starred reviews)
  • Anybody Shining
  • Ten Miles Past Normal
  • Trouble the Water
  • The Sam the Man series
  • The Class
  • How to Build a Story
  • Hazard
  • Then a House Fell on Her Head

She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina.

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