{"product_id":"we-used-to-be-friends-9781419738661","title":"We Used to Be Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo best friends grow up--and grow apart--in this innovative contemporary YA novel \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told in dual timelines--half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward--\u003ci\u003eWe Used to Be Friends \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood besties. At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they're no longer friends. James prepares to head off to college as she reflects on the dissolution of her friendship with Kat while, in alternating chapters, Kat thinks about being newly in love with her first girlfriend and having a future that feels wide open. Over the course of senior year, Kat wants nothing more than James to continue to be her steady rock, as James worries that everything she believes about love and her future is a lie when her high-school sweetheart parents announce they're getting a divorce. Funny, honest, and full of heart, \u003ci\u003eWe Used to Be Friends \u003c\/i\u003etells of the pains of growing up and growing apart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419738661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amy Spalding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650069426332,"sku":"9781419738661","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_873dec2d-a15c-4c10-8b63-c01a96ea8a63.jpg?v=1603874411","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-used-to-be-friends-9781419738661","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}