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=__The Secret Language of Girls__= by:Frances O'Roark Dowell

Summary:
__The Secret Language of Girls__ is an exciting, fun story about friendship and love. It's about best friends, Kate and Marylin, starting to make new friends and not pay attention to each other any more. They've been best friends for their whole lives and now their friendship is starting to fade away. Marylin thinks Kate is too babyish and Kate thinks Marylin is being a snob. Kate, who is sporty, loves basketball and does not care about romance, starts to like a boy and hangs out with him more than she does with Marylin. Marylin's hurt by this, but she has her own things to worry about. From trying out for cheerleading, to having a crush her school teacher, to trying to make friends with the cool group, Marylin has a lot of things on her mind and Kate isn't one of them. Kate and Marylin just wish everything would go back to normal. Read __The Secret Language of Girls__ to find out if Kate and Marylin become friends again. Click [|here] to read another summary of __The Secret Language of Girls__.

Rating:
I rate T__he Secret Language of Girls__ a 7 out of 10 because even though it was a good book, it got really boring at some parts and it was not one of those books that you can't put down and I really like that kind. Although, it wasn't my favorite book, I really liked the ending because it was a twist.

Oral Presentation:
For my oral presentation I chose to read pages 118 through 120 to the class. I chose these pages because I think they show the plot and problem of the book really well. I also chose them because it's a really powerful scene.

Author:
The author of __The Secret Language of Girls__ is Frances O'Roark Dowell. She is also the author of //Where I'd Like to Be// and //Dovey Coe//, which was the winner of the 2001 Edgar Award. She was born an army brat in Berlin, Germany, and has lived in Virginia, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts and North Carolina. When she isn't writing books she is hanging out with her husband, Clifton, and her two sons, Will and Jack. Right now she and her family live in their home in Durham, North Carolina. ~Click [|here] to go to Frances O'Roark Dowell's website.~ ~Click [|here] to go to another book of Dowells', //Dovey Coe//

New Cover of the Book:
On the new cover I put symbols that reminded me of the book. The symbols are a basketball, a heart, stars, nail polish, earrings, pom poms and a wheel. I put a basketball on the cover because Kate loves basketball and plays it with her new boyfriend. I put a heart on it for two reasons; one because Kate starts to like a boy and the other because Marylin really likes her teacher and wants to marry him. I put stars on it because the teacher Marylin likes, loves astronomy, so Marylin learns some star constellations to impress him. I put nail polish on it because Marylin hates her toes and thinks nail polish would make them look better. I put earrings on it because Marylin thinks Kate should get her ears pierced, but Kate doesn't want to. I put pom poms on it because Marylin tries out for cheerleading. Finally, I put a wheel on it because for Kate and Marylin, their worlds are turning upside-down.