The Secret Language of Girls (Secret Language of Girls Trilogy) - Hardcover

When best friend Kate and Marylin find themselves going down different paths in life, their friendship comes to an abrupt halt, but when they begin to miss one another, neither of the girls seem to know exactly how to repair the damage that has been done.

Frances O'Roark Dowell, author of Dovey Coy, which was the winner of the 2001 Edgar Award, and Where I'd Like to Be, was born an army brat in Berlin, Germany, and has lived in the great states of Virginia, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. She has pulled duty as a third-grade cheerleader, a Girl Scout, a junior varsity volleyball player, and a Killeen High School Keywanette. When she is not writing books or editing Dream/Girl: The Arts Magazine for Girls, she mostly hangs out with her husband, Clifton, and her two young sons, Jack and Will, in their home in Durham, North Carolina.