| Record Number |
887025 |
| ISBN |
9780062888945 (paperback) |
| Author |
Barnhart, Cathleen author. |
| Title |
That's what friends do / Cathleen Barnhart. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. |
| ©2021 |
| Pagination etc. |
340 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
"I want to pretend that what happened on the bus didn't happen." --Back cover. |
| Summary Note |
Told in two voices, middle-schoolers Sammie and David's long-term friendship is endangered when new student Luke begins flirting with Sammie just when David decides to confess his crush on her. This is a book for anyone learning how to have the hard conversations about feelings, boundaries, and what it means to be a true friend. Samantha Goldstein and David Fisher have been friends ever since they met on their town's Little League baseball team. But when a new kid named Luke starts hanging out with them, what was a comfortable pair becomes an awkward trio. Luke's comments make Sammie feel uncomfortable, but all David sees is how easily Luke flirts with Sammie, and so David decides to finally make a move on the friend he's always had a crush on. Soon things go all wrong and too far, and Sammie and David are both left feeling hurt, confused, and unsure of themselves, without anyone to talk to about what happened. As rumors start flying around the school, David must try to make things right (if he can) and Sammie must learn to speak up about what's been done to her. |
| Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
| Subject |
Best friends -- Fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Students -- Juvenile fiction |
| Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Shelf Location |
JF BARN |
