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Kate and Marylin are best friends forever.... Well, except for last year when they weren't friends anymore.... And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don't know how. But the thing is, even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they are... read more

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  • Kate Faber: She learns how to play guitar and tries to be best friends with Marylin again.
  • Marylin McIntosh: She is one of Kate's friends, except in the events of the year prior.
  • Flannery: She turned against Kate last year, but this year she let Kate borrow her guitar.
  • Rhetta Mayes: She is the new girl in school. She enjoys drawing pictures of fairies in a sketch book that she carries around with her.
  • Mazie Calloway: A mean and bossy cheerleader, and sadly, Marylin got stuck with her as a best friend.
  • Matthew Holler: He is Kate's friend, but Kate has a crush on him.
  • Petey McIntosh: He is Marylin's little brother.
  • Mrs. Faber: She is Kate's mom.
  • Benjamin: He asked Marylin out, and Marylin likes him, but she's too embarrassed to tell her cheerleader friends since Benjamin isn't all that cool.
  • Ashley: One of the cheerleaders.
  • Rocko: Flannery's pet bulldog.
  • Gretchen Humbolt: A friend of Petey's. Petey also looks up to her.
  • Ms. Vickery: She teaches the creative writing classes.
  • Tracie: Kate's older sister
  • Reverend Mayes: Rhetta's dad
  • Ellis: He Flannery's stepbrother.
  • Ruby Santiago: She is one of the cheerleaders. Marylin really wants to be friends with her, but Ruby thinks that Marylin is a bit snobbish, just like Mazie.
  • Stan: Flannery's stepdad
  • Mr. McIntosh: Marylin's dad
  • Dallas: A topic of the songs that Kate writes. Even though he is imaginary, Kate has a crush on him.
  • Sarah Holler: Matthew's 9-year-old sister.
  • Carrie Holler: Matthew's older sister
  • Saunders Peck: He is another one of the representatives for the Seventh Grade. He tried to asked Marylin out to a Representatives Party, but Marylin said she was going with Benjamin.
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When Kate decided to play the guitar, she realized she would need new shoes.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Play Guitar
The Stars Fall Over
Dallas Goes Over The Moon
Girl, Dreaming
What Do yYour Words sSay?
Everything In The World
A Christmas Carol

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 2 in The Secret Language of Girls. (standard series)

Preceded by The Secret Language of Girls.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Frances O'Roark Dowell (Author)

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

An accurate portrayal of the painful and often cruel machinations of preteens. But nothing inapproaite.

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