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<b>“Captures with unusually knowing and respectful perception the steps of a friend shift.” —<i>BCCB </i>(starred review)</b><br> <br><b>Two life-long best friends grow up and begin to grow apart in this honest, deeply felt middle grade debut.</b><br><br><i>Sara and Nadine. </i><br><i>Nadine and Sara. </i><br><br> It’s only ever been the two of them. Two halves of the same person. Best friends forever—until they aren’t.<br><br> Everything has changed this year. Nadine has suddenly skipped a grade and gone to high school without Sara. No matter how hard she fights to save their friendship, Sara can feel it slipping away.<br><br> But change can happen from the inside, too. The forever-friend days of running through sprinklers and slurping up ice cream cones may be over. Yet in their place, Sara just might discover something new and wonderful: herself.