The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Sternberg, Julie

Friendship Over

152 pp. | Boyds | October, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59078-993-3 $15.95

(2) 4-6 Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. Illustrated by Johanna Wright. For her tenth birthday, Celie receives a journal, in which she relates her friendship and family woes (best friend Lula has suddenly become mean; Granny starts acting strangely) through authentic-sounding entries, drawings, and a variety of notes and letters. Celie navigates her troubles in a manner both satisfying and believable; readers can look forward to more of Celie's heartfelt, funny diaries.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015