INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Middleton, Dana

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(2) 4-6 In their last summer before everything changes, Birdie and her best friends--star pitcher Ally and reluctant violinist Rose--investigate a decades-old murder mystery. Middleton displays the depths of preteen female friendships in the girls' dialogue and in Birdie's uncertainty about who she will be without her two best friends when they attend different middle schools. A bittersweet, empowering ode to growing up and embracing change.

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