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    What James Said
    Ebook33 pages18 minutes

    What James Said

    By Liz Rosenberg and Matthew Myers

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    A funny, heartfelt, perfectly pitched story about misunderstandings and the importance of true friendship.

    When a little girl thinks that her best friend James has been saying bad things about her behind her back, she takes action in the form of the silent treatment. As they go about their day and James tries harder and harder to get her to talk to him, they both realize that true friendship surpasses any rumor... or misunderstanding.

    A classic childhood situation is brought to life with humor and poignancy with energetic illustrations by Matt Myers and a simple, telling text by Liz Rosenberg.

    A Neal Porter Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJun 9, 2015
    ISBN9781626724600
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    What James Said
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    Liz Rosenberg

    Liz Rosenberg is the author of more than thirty books, including the critically acclaimed, bestselling novels The Moonlight Palace, The Laws of Gravity, and Home Repair. She is also a prize-winning poet and children’s book author. For over twenty years, she was a book review columnist at the Boston Globe. She teaches creative writing and English at Binghamton University. She has also guest-taught at Bennington College, Colgate University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She divides her time between Upstate New York, Florida, and Worcester, Massachusetts. She lives with her daughter, Lily, and their dog, Sophie. Her son, Eli, a comic and podcaster, lives in New York City. Visit Liz on Facebook for updates, extraordinary photos of ordinary beauty, and more information.

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    • 5/5
      The protagonist is a young girl who is extremely mad at her best friend, James, because he told someone that she thinks she is perfect, and that spread around school. The girl describes how angry she is at James, but she quickly starts to soften and cave into how much she likes being his friend, as he shows how much he cares about her and is concerned when they are not talking. James makes the girl laugh and gives her presents, and when she wins the art competition, he keeps her prize winning painting on his wall. The story shows how great friends can endure disagreements and fights together, and how beautiful and fun friendship - and how important forgiveness - can be.
    • 2/5
      Ehhh. James told someone, who told someone, who told someone that the main character is perfect. But you know how a game of telephone works. It doesn’t end the same way it started. In the end she learns that he was talking about her painting and she feels better. From the way it began I figured it would be a lesson on the telephone game, and instead it was a let down. Just boring to be honest.
    • 4/5
      A girl gets her feelings hurt but a rumor that spread that started with her best friend. She is mad at him, ignored him, doesn't want to talk to him and he doesn't understand why she is acting that way. She finds out it was a misunderstanding and they are still friends.