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Friendship Over

Part of The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine

Author Julie Sternberg
Illustrated by Johanna Wright
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$15.95 US
Astra Publishing House | Astra Young Readers
5.75"W x 8.56"H x 0.65"D   | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Oct 01, 2014 | 160 Pages | 9781590789933
Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7
Reading Level: Lexile 480L
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Meet Celie Valentine, a tween dealing with a lot of changes in her life! Ten-year-old Celie has quite a few things on her mind—fights with her sister Jo, secrets at school, an increasingly forgetful grandmother, and worst of all, a best friend who won't speak to her. How can a girl who hates change survive, when everything in her life is changing? By writing in her top-secret diary, of course.

Being ten is hard. Just ask Celie, who is at this moment:
 
·      Feuding with her best friend Lula (does she count as a best friend if she won’t even talk to Celie?)
·      Keeping secrets (from everyone)
·      Spying on her parents (and maybe reading emails that don’t belong to her)
·      Trying to figure out why her Granny is behaving so strangely (like freezing her trash)
·      Maybe—just maybe—stopping mean girls from ruling the day (well, at least one super-mean girl)
 
Celie's often comical and always heartfelt diary entries include notes, e-mails, homework assignments, and pages from her top-secret spy notebook. Here is the perfect tween series for young readers ages 8 – 12!
★ " . . . Wright's spot-on black-and-white illustrations perfectly complement Sternberg's text. . . This satisfying slice-of-life story about the permutations of friendship and family resonates." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"As she did in Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie and its sequels, Sternberg exposes the travails of adolescence with authenticity and humor in this first volume of the Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. . . " —Publishers Weekly
Julie Sternberg is the author of The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series as well as the bestselling LIKE PICKLE JUICE ON A COOKIE and its sequels, LIKE BUG JUICE ON A BURGER and LIKE CARROT JUICE ON A CUPCAKE. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. View titles by Julie Sternberg
Johanna Wright has illustrated the Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series published by Boyds Mills Press as well as her own picture books The Orchestra Pit, Bunnies on Ice, and The Secret Circus. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. johannawright.com View titles by Johanna Wright

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Meet Celie Valentine, a tween dealing with a lot of changes in her life! Ten-year-old Celie has quite a few things on her mind—fights with her sister Jo, secrets at school, an increasingly forgetful grandmother, and worst of all, a best friend who won't speak to her. How can a girl who hates change survive, when everything in her life is changing? By writing in her top-secret diary, of course.

Being ten is hard. Just ask Celie, who is at this moment:
 
·      Feuding with her best friend Lula (does she count as a best friend if she won’t even talk to Celie?)
·      Keeping secrets (from everyone)
·      Spying on her parents (and maybe reading emails that don’t belong to her)
·      Trying to figure out why her Granny is behaving so strangely (like freezing her trash)
·      Maybe—just maybe—stopping mean girls from ruling the day (well, at least one super-mean girl)
 
Celie's often comical and always heartfelt diary entries include notes, e-mails, homework assignments, and pages from her top-secret spy notebook. Here is the perfect tween series for young readers ages 8 – 12!

Praise

★ " . . . Wright's spot-on black-and-white illustrations perfectly complement Sternberg's text. . . This satisfying slice-of-life story about the permutations of friendship and family resonates." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"As she did in Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie and its sequels, Sternberg exposes the travails of adolescence with authenticity and humor in this first volume of the Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. . . " —Publishers Weekly

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Julie Sternberg is the author of The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series as well as the bestselling LIKE PICKLE JUICE ON A COOKIE and its sequels, LIKE BUG JUICE ON A BURGER and LIKE CARROT JUICE ON A CUPCAKE. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. View titles by Julie Sternberg
Johanna Wright has illustrated the Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series published by Boyds Mills Press as well as her own picture books The Orchestra Pit, Bunnies on Ice, and The Secret Circus. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. johannawright.com View titles by Johanna Wright

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