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Title details for Best Friends by Shannon Hale - Available

Best Friends

#2 in series

by Shannon Hale
LeUyen Pham
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"Author Shannon Hale narrates as a full cast enacts the drama of her sixth-grade year in this adaptation of the middle volume of her graphic memoir trilogy. Portraying young Shannon, Mia Jenness evokes excitement, uncertainty, and hurt—painfully and exquisitely—as she picks her way through a friendship minefield."- AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)
"...a stellar full cast presents a wonderfully immersive production, augmented with 1980s music, and background sound effects. The result is a sensational rollercoaster ride epitomizing the ups and downs of middle school relationships..."- School Library Journal
"A talented group of voice actors play Shannon's friends, rivals, crushes, teachers, and family members. Young actor Mia Jenness especially excels as the young Shannon. Captivating, skillfully mixed sound effects fill the air throughout, giving the scenes set on playgrounds and in schoolrooms an immersive feel."- Booklist
This program includes captivating sound design, music, and a multicast narration with twelve voice actors including the author, her husband, and her children. It also includes a bonus conversation between the author and her sixth-grade daughters reflecting on their shared experiences.
A national and New York Times Bestseller!
The creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own path in Best Friends.
Follow your heart. Find your people.
Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon's got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen, the most popular girl in school.
But the rules are always changing, and Shannon has to scramble to keep up. She never knows which TV shows are cool, what songs to listen to, and who she's allowed to talk to. Who makes these rules, anyway? And does Shannon have to follow them?
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2019
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2019
A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book of 2019
One of NBC Today's 26 Best Kids' Books of 2019
2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List
A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Friends

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 8, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250891716
      • File size: 92102 KB
      • Duration: 03:11:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Author Shannon Hale narrates as a full cast enacts the drama of her sixth-grade year in this adaptation of the middle volume of her graphic memoir trilogy. Portraying young Shannon, Mia Jenness evokes excitement, uncertainty, and hurt--painfully and exquisitely--as she picks her way through a friendship minefield. Her circle of friends is not so fully individuated, with the other cast members playing multiple roles; the effect reinforces Shannon's sense of social isolation. A panoply of sound effects helps take listeners back to 1985, introducing them to such antique noises as a cassette tape clicking into place and a dot matrix printer at work. A boisterous conversation among Hale and her twin daughters, original to this production, connects then and now. An empathetic antidote to sixth grade. V.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from August 1, 2023

      Gr 4-8-Hale and Pham's splendid three-part "Friends" series-Real Friends (2017), Best Friends (2019), and Friends Forever (2021)-based on Hale's middle grade experiences have hit bestseller lists and earned plenty of lauds. Thus far, only Best Friends has an audio adaptation-and yes, a stellar full cast presents a wonderfully immersive production, augmented with 1980s music and background sound effects. The result is a sensational rollercoaster ride epitomizing the ups and downs of middle grade relationships (who's in, who's out, who's saying what to whom) and so much more. Although choosing aural means missing Pham's whimsically emotive art, the recording offers something the page can't: Hale warmly, reassuringly reads her "Hey you" author's note in which she's especially revealing about her own anxiety. And then listeners get to hear Hale and her twin daughters-"real-life sixth graders from current day"-in rollicking conversation about school, books, and, of course, friends. Hubby Dean even has a cameo! VERDICT Hale and Pham have already proven evergreen popularity with their printed series; libraries should expect the same demand for audio.

      Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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