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Friend Me

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

An Amazon Best Book of the Month

What happens when an online friend becomes a real-life nightmare?

Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to Massachusetts. In fact, she is falling apart under constant abuse from a school bully, Zara. Zara torments Roisin in person and on social media. She makes Roisin the laughingstock of the whole school.Roisin feels utterly alone... until she bonds with Haley online. Finally there's someone who gets her. Haley is smart, strong, and shares anti-mean-girl memes that make Roisin laugh. Together, they are able to imagine what life could look like without Zara. Haley quickly becomes Roisin's lifeline.Then Zara has a painful accident, police investigate, and Roisin panics. Could her chats with Haley look incriminating?Roisin wants Haley to delete her copies of their messages, but when she tries to meet Haley in person, she can't find her anywhere. What's going on? Her best friend would never have lied to her, right? Or is Haley not who she says she is...With twists, turns, and lightning-fast pacing, this is a middle-grade thriller about bullying, revenge, and tech that young readers won't be able to put down.
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    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from March 1, 2021

      Gr 6 Up-Roisin and her family just moved to a suburb of Boston from Ireland, and she finds it hard to make friends and fit in at her new middle school. Zara, one of the popular girls, doesn't make it any easier for her, and targets Roisin daily through online bullying and even takes it as far as physically attacking her in the bathroom. Roisin's only friend is one she met online through U-Chat, a girl named Haley who has her own experiences with bullying and middle school mean girls. Roisin confides in Haley, and they chat endlessly about ways they'd like to see Zara get what is coming to her. But when Zara gets hurt on a school field trip, Roisin starts to worry about the messages she and Haley have sent wishing harm on Zara. As Roisin tries to fix this problem with Haley, she realizes that Haley might not be who she said she was. Roisin might be the one in danger if Haley can't get her way. A suspenseful novel that takes a not-so-distant futuristic approach to online bullying and mean girl behavior, middle school students will all be able to relate to the characters in this book. The ease of being able to bully someone from the privacy of a screen is a form of bullying many kids today are experiencing or witnessing. Narrator Katy Davis gives Roisin a relatable voice and creates a suspenseful tone through the narrative's prose. VERDICT A valuable addition to any middle grade audiobook collection.-Erica Coonelly, Monroe Township M.S., NJ

      Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:630
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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