Teen Girlfriends: Celebrating the Good Times, Getting Through the Hard Times

Julia DeVillers. Wildcat Canyon Press, $13.95 (232pp) ISBN 978-1-885171-52-8

Author Julia DeVillers interviews over 150 adolescents in Teen Girlfriends: Celebrating the Good Times, Getting Through the Hard Times. The result: an honest look at friendship told by teens themselves. Sections such as ""Exploring Friendship,"" ""Cementing the Bonds"" and ""Growing Together"" create a broad view of this pivotal bond of adolescence. (Oct.)

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