Friend me
Averbuch, Sheila M.2020
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Seventh grader Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to Massachusetts, where her brother collects friends easily, and her parents are absorbed in their high-tech jobs. They don't spot that Roisin is dissolving under constant abuse from a bully at school. The only person who understands is Haley. She's smart, strong, and posts militant, anti-mean-girl memes that make Roisin laugh. They only meet up online, but Haley becomes Roisin's lifeline. Then Roisin's bully has a horrific accident, police investigate, and Roisin panics that the jokes she and Haley shared - about gruesome ways the bully should die - look incriminating. She tries to meet Haley in person, to get her to delete her copies of the messages, but Haley is hiding. She's hacked Roisin's phone, too: pretended to be her and sent abusive messages to the few friends Roisin has started to make.
Main title:
Friend me / Sheila M. Averbuch.
Author:
Averbuch, Sheila M., author
Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2020.
Collation:
272 pages ; 21 cm
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781338618082 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PZ7.1.A9734
Local class:
JFYA
Language:
English
BRN:
2747874