Now every day is like a roller coaster for Shannon. Everyone in The Group wants to be Jen's #1, and some girls would do anything to stay on top.

But one day, Adrienne starts hanging out with Jen, the most popular girl in class and the leader of a circle of friends called The Group. Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since they were little. Follow along with our articles tagged with First Second, Friendship, Graphic Novel, Leuyen Pham, Shannon Hale, and Reviews by Children to discover more great books for kids.'Fresh and funny.' -New York Times Book Review Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends-and why it's worth the journey. Real Friends, by Shannon Hale, was reviewed by Maya Schulze (age 12). She lives and works in Los Angeles with her husband and her two adorable sons. She wrote and illustrated Big Sister, Little Sister and The Bear Who Wasn’t There and is the illustrator of many other picture books, including The Boy Who Loved Math. LeUyen Pham is the bestselling illustrator of The Princess in Black series with Shannon and Dean Hale. They live with their four children near Salt Lake City, Utah. She co-wrote the graphic novels Rapunzel’s Revenge and Calamity Jack and the chapter book series The Princess in Black with her husband Dean Hale. Shannon Hale is the bestselling author of many books for children, including the Ever After High series, Princess Academy (Newbery Honor book), and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl middle grade novel. I also really like this book because it helped me better understand what good friends really are. I could tell that the illustrator took her time on the pictures because they were just so full of feeling. I love this book so much because it is very detailed in the illustrations and the writing. Now Shannon doesn’t know if Adrienne even wants to be friends with her anymore. Shannon tries to change but that just makes things worse. But then Jenn’s group starts bullying Shannon. Shannon wants Adrienne back really bad, she would do anything for that. She loved school so much just because of Adrienne. Shannon thought she was going to hate school, but when she got to kindergarten she became best friends with Adrienne.

Journey through this excellent graphic novel and find the true meaning of friendship. Real Friends is a memoir by Shannon Hale about friendship. What to Expect: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction, Friendship

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Real friends graphic novel series