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147 pp.
| Harcourt |
April, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-15-205777-0$16.00
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4-6Friends for Keeps series.
This painfully accurate account of the trials and emotions of fourth-grade girls only manages to fully develop one character, but Ida successfully carries the story herself. While the very end slips into a moral lesson that diminishes the authenticity of Ida's previous experiences, the notes between Ida and a friend that punctuate the latter half of the book are entertaining.