Book
The Friends
- Published
- 1996
- Genre
- Fiction
- Pages
- 176
- Words
- 40478
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.1
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 710L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–13
Three Japanese boys become fascinated by death and begin secretly watching an elderly neighbor they expect to die soon. Instead, their curiosity develops into an unlikely friendship that teaches all four of them about loneliness, connection, life, and loss.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780440414469
- ISBN-10
- 0440414466
Tags
ALSC NotablesEmotions-LonelinessFamily Life-Death/DyingInterpersonal Relationships-FriendshipPeople-Asian PeoplePeople-ChildrenPeople-ElderlyRealistic Fiction