Edgar Award-winning novelist Frances O'Roark Dowell explores the
shifting terrain of middle-school friendship in this follow-up to the
beloved The Secret Language of Girls. Kate and Marylin are smack dab
in the middle of middle school--seventh grade--and they know they can
never be best friends like they used to be. Marylin is a middle school
cheerleader obsessed with popularity and hairstyles, and Kate is the
exact opposite with her combat boots and hankering to learn guitar and
write her own songs. Still, Kate and Marylin yearn to find some middle
ground for their friendship--but it's harder than they ever imagined.