SuitabookFriendship, blame and group pressure
April believes her friendship with Brynn is improving, but Brynn blames her for a breakup and other dance-team girls do so as well.
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Laurie Friedman - Author
This is a relationship-focused story about friendship under strain, blame spreading through a school group, family awkwardness and feelings that may or may not become romantic. Its focus is on tangled social choices and competing relationships.
A few months into freshman year, April thought her rocky friendship with her childhood BFF, Brynn, was improving. But then Brynn blames April for the breakup with her boyfriend, Billy, and soon other girls on the dance team do too. Meanwhile, April's cousin Sophie seems to like Billy and vice versa putting April awkwardly in the middle. On top of it all, April can't figure out what to make of being maybe-friends-maybe-more with sixteen-year-old genius Leo, now that he's leaving for college a few hours away. As a new calendar year kicks off, April just wants a clean start but high school is messy business.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a relationship-focused story about friendship under strain, blame spreading through a school group, family awkwardness and feelings that may or may not become romantic. Its focus is on tangled social choices and competing relationships.
April believes her friendship with Brynn is improving, but Brynn blames her for a breakup and other dance-team girls do so as well.
April is placed between her cousin Sophie and Billy, while she is unsure whether her connection with Leo is friendship or something more.
The book includes accusations connected with a relationship breakdown, pressure from other dance-team girls, romantic uncertainty and a character leaving for college.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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