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Goodbye Stranger

By: Rebecca Stead
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Meera Simhan, Kirby Heyborne
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This brilliant novel by Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead explores multiple perspectives on the bonds and limits of friendship.

Bridge is an accident survivor who's wondering why she's still alive. Emily has new curves and an almost-boyfriend who wants a certain kind of picture. Tabitha sees through everybody's games - or so she tells the world. The three girls are best friends with one rule: no fighting. Can it get them through seventh grade?

This year everything is different for Sherm Russo as he gets to know Bridge Barsamian. What does it mean to fall for a girl - as a friend?

On Valentine's Day an unnamed high school girl struggles with a betrayal. How long can she hide in plain sight?

Each memorable character navigates the challenges of love and change in this captivating novel.

©2015 Rebecca Stead (P)2015 Listening Library (Audio)
Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Peer Pressure Social & Life Skills
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Critic reviews

"Winsome, bighearted, and altogether rewarding." (Booklist starred review)

"...Stead's writing [is]...filled with humor, delightful coincidences.... An immensely satisfying addition for Stead's many fans." (School Library Journal starred review)

"...[Stead] captures the stomach-churning moments of a misstep or an unplanned betrayal and reworks these events with grace, humor, and polish into possibilities for kindness and redemption. Superb." (Kirkus Reviews starred review)

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