Real Friends vs. the Other Kind (Middle School Confidential Series #2)

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“If you’re like us, you probably have questions about friendships. Maybe you’re not sure if someone is a real friend or the other kind.”

So goes the story of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students trying to figure it all out in middle school. Real Friends vs. the Other Kind, the second book in the Middle School Confidential series, follows these characters as they work to forge friendships while navigating tough social situations. The book offers insider information on making friends, resolving ...

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Overview

“If you’re like us, you probably have questions about friendships. Maybe you’re not sure if someone is a real friend or the other kind.”

So goes the story of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students trying to figure it all out in middle school. Real Friends vs. the Other Kind, the second book in the Middle School Confidential series, follows these characters as they work to forge friendships while navigating tough social situations. The book offers insider information on making friends, resolving disputes, and dealing with other common middle school concerns—like gossip, exclusion, and cyberbullying. There’s also expert advice on crushes, peer pressure, and being there for friends who need help. Filled with character narratives, quizzes, quotes from real kids, tips, tools, and resources, this book is a timely and engaging survival guide for the middle school years.

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Children's Literature - Heather Robertson Mason
In middle school you are who your friends are. For kids that age, finding the right friends is as important to their school success as is studying and doing homework. So how does a young teen know who his or her "real" friends are? The author of this book, part of the "Middle School Confidential" series, aims to help them find out. It is half traditional advice book and half comic book. Each chapter starts with a graphic vignette of one of six friends facing a difficult issue. In one such story Jack is ignoring his friends to be with his girlfriend. Then follows a series of pages giving readers a variety of advice relating to that conflict, quizzes to take, and quotes from other teenagers. The chapter ends with the characters resolving their conflicts. The graphic novel approach is interesting and will grab readers, but there is not anything new about what is being said. However, the reason it is been heard before is because it is good advice. The book has an adult feel to it, something else that will attract middle-school readers. This book is a safe way to remind kids of how they should treat each other. Reviewer: Heather Robertson Mason
School Library Journal
Gr 5–8—Jack, Abby, Mateo, Jen, Chris, and Michelle are the middle school students of various ethnicities who take readers through this slim, interactive guide. Chapters cover such topics as friendship dilemmas, so-called friends, when friendships aren't working, crushes, and making new friends. Each chapter opens with a scene played out by the students in cartoon panels. Next, bits of text, along with a multitude of side boxes, address the topic at hand. Sidebars of different "FILES" ("Real Friend," "Labeled and Judged," "Quit Pressuring Me") quote actual tweens and teens. "Need to Know?" bytes recommend relevant books and Web sites. Lists of questions are offered, along with the answers. There's a lot packed into this colorful title that falls somewhere between self-help and peer advice.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781575423197
  • Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.
  • Publication date: 6/5/2009
  • Series: Middle School Confidential Series , #2
  • Pages: 96
  • Sales rank: 202,647
  • Age range: 10 - 13 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 0.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Annie Fox, M.Ed., is an educator, author, and online advisor for teens. A coauthor of Free Spirit’s Too Stressed to Think?, she also presents workshops to teens, parents, educators, and youth organizations throughout the country. Annie’s Web site (www.heyterra.com) also serves as a popular forum for teen and family issues. She lives in San Francisco, California.

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