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Reviews and Awards
Booklist 03/01/09 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 05/01/09 School Library Journal 03/01/09 Horn Book 10/01/09 Publishers Weekly 12/08/08 Wilson's Children 07/01/09 Kirkus Review 12/01/08 Wilson's Junior High School 01/09/10

Booklist (March 1, 2009 (Vol. 105, No. 13))
Grades 4-7. Dowell’s The Secret Language of Girls (2005) traced the gradual unraveling of the friendship between two suburban sixth-grade girls. This sequel follows Kate and Marylin into seventh grade and shows the girls accepting both the distance between them and the comfort of having a trustworthy friend when you really need one. As in the last book, Kate is the more self-possessed one, though she is not without doubts or worries as she pursues her studies and songwriting. Marylin deals with divorced parents and cheerleading peer pressure but soon finds her own way in student government. Dowell’s light but observant style reveals the benefits of not judging anybody—including yourself—too quickly.

Other titles

 * Me and the pumpkin queen** 2007 by Marlane Kennedy.
 * Missing magic** 2007 by Emma Laybourn.
 * Medusa Jones** 2008 by Ross Collins.
 * Avril Crump and her amazing clones** 2005 Angela Woolfe.
 * Ug : boy genius of the Stone Age** 2002 Raymond Briggs.
 * Galileo's leaning tower experiment : a science adventure** 2009 by Wendy Macdonald ; illustrated by Paolo Rui.
 * The secret to freedom** 2001 by Marcia Vaughan ; illustrated by Larry Johnson.
 * Patrol : an American soldier in Vietnam** 2001 Walter Dean Myers ; collages by Ann Grifalconi
 * Lincoln and his boys** 2009 Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
 * Kaline Klattermaster's tree house** 2008 Haven Kimmel ; illustrated by Peter Brown.