The Secret Language of Girls - Softcover

'Kate thought about how she and Marylin had practically spent their whole lives together. How could you be best friends with someone forever and then stop talking to them?' Kate and Marylin have never needed words to communicate what they are thinking - they get along so well. But lately Marylin has started to think that Kate can be a bit babyish, while Kate doesn't understand why Marylin has become obsessed with cheerleading and painting her toenails...A lot of the time, well, it feels as though they just don't know each other any more. Secretly they both wish things could be like they used to be - but who's going to make the first move? The bitter-sweet progress of a friendship, told from alternate viewpoints, by the award-winning author of Dovey Coe.

Frances O Roark Dowell is the editor and co-founder of Dream/Girl, an arts magazine for girls and has been Poet in Residence at Duke University. She has had dozens of poems published in literary journals, and is the author of two previous children's novels, Dovey Coe and Where I'd Like to Be. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two sons.