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    The Girls
    The Girls
    The Girls
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Girls

    Written by Amy Goldman Koss

    Narrated by Full Cast

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    This multiple-viewpoint novel explores several days in the life of a middle school clique that suddenly shuns one of its members. With poignant, painful detail the author takes us into the mind of each girl involved, brilliantly illuminating the problem of girl-on-girl meanness. Must listening for middle school girls—and the parents who love them!

    A Full Cast Audio Production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFull Cast Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2002
    ISBN9781933322612
    The Girls
    Author

    Amy Goldman Koss

    Amy Goldman Koss is the author of several highly praised teen novels including Poison Ivy, Side Effects, and The Girls, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Picks Top Ten selection, and an IRA Young Adult Choice. She lives in Glendale, CA.

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    • 5/5
      Sooooo good! I cried the first time I heard it! A good view into the lives of some girls.?
    • 3/5
      Narrated by cast. Maya thought she had the greatest friends in the world: Brianna, Renee, Darcy and their popular, trend-setting leader, Candace. So she has no idea why they have suddenly shunned her and didn't invite her to Darcy's sleepover. Individual narratives presented by each of the girls provide the differing perspectives on the cruelty of middle school girl cliques. When Brianna is shunned by Candace, she, Maya and Renee realize they've been trapped by Candace's pettiness and opinion-swaying and they declare themselves free. In the meantime, Candace has decided to bring Nicole into her inner circle...We see differing perspectives on the Maya situation from each of the girls and see how exclusion and teasing can bring pain to all involved. The least insight I got was about Candace, the one person I would want to understand most about her manipulative ways.
    • 4/5
      This book is told from the point of view of four different girls in grade seven. It is a realistic portrayal of the challenges and social difficulties young girls face. Reminiscent of Mean Girls, I would recommended this text as a must read for all middle school students-not just girls.
    • 5/5
      Maya is a girl who has been ousted out of her group of friends by the desicion of the ringleader, Candance. The other three girls follow suit.This book is a study of the four girls' feelings when they decide to snub one of their friends based on the whim of the dominant girl. It is a wonderfully written book that is realistic, shows the thought processes of each of the girls, and Ms. Koss does not rely on cliches to get her point across.
    • 4/5
      This movie is great for teenage girls. It relates well the middle school level girls. It has a great depiction of who your real friends are. Popular vs. the real thing.
    • 4/5
      I thought this was probably the most realistic book I've ever read about all of the drama and cruelty middle school girls create. I think every girl can identify with at least one of the characters. Every school has a Candace - a girl that all of the other girls envy and want to be friends with, but really is a snobby, selfish girl who is a terrible friend. Everyone has seen Maya and Brianna - girls that are now shunned by their "group" and are scared to be alone for the fear of what the other girls will say to them next. Hopefully everyone also knows a Renee - a genuine, nice girl who doesn't put up with all of the snobbiness of the "leader". This book was very entertaining. I think it's a good one for every young girl to read. Girls that age tend to turn on each other for any little thing and I think this book can help them to see that they aren't alone. It was a great read. Not for the younger grades, but great for middle schoolers.
    • 4/5
      The Girls takes me into the complex social world of five middle school girls. It's engrossing; I read it in an afternoon. Some chapters are actually quite poetic in their choices of imagery, allowing rapid deep characterization; I'm thinking here of Candace's considerations of fire and sequoias. Great read-- never preachy despite content (politics of exclusion).