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A heartfelt and powerful debut novel for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and John David Anderson, That's What Friends Do is a book for anyone learning how to have the hard conversations about feelings, boundaries, and what it means to be a true friend. Samantha Goldstein and David Fisher have been friends ever since they met on their town's Little League baseball team. But when a new kid named Luke starts hanging out with them, what was a comfortable pair becomes an awkward trio. Luke's comments make Sammie feel uncomfortable--but all David sees is how easily Luke flirts with Sammie, and so David decides to finally make a move on the friend he's always had a crush on. Soon things go all wrong and too far, and Sammie and David are both left feeling hurt, confused, and unsure of themselves, without anyone to talk to about what happened. As rumors start flying around the school, David must try to make things right (if he can) and Sammie must learn to speak up about what's been done to her.

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A careful introduction to consent and sexual harassment...A worthy, timely, ambitious debut. -- Kirkus Reviews

"""A gorgeous, heartbreaking, and deeply felt tribute to the power of friendship."" -- ""Paul Griffin, author of When Friendship Followed Me Home"" ""Barnhart artfully weaves two viewpoints together, offering a frank portrayal of middle school struggles and the ever-changing nature of friendship."" -- ""Dee Romito, author of The BFF Bucket List"" ""A careful introduction to consent and sexual harassment...A worthy, timely, ambitious debut."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""

A gorgeous, heartbreaking, and deeply felt tribute to the power of friendship. -- Paul Griffin, author of When Friendship Followed Me Home Barnhart artfully weaves two viewpoints together, offering a frank portrayal of middle school struggles and the ever-changing nature of friendship. -- Dee Romito, author of The BFF Bucket List A careful introduction to consent and sexual harassment...A worthy, timely, ambitious debut. -- Kirkus Reviews

A careful introduction to consent and sexual harassment...A worthy, timely, ambitious debut. -- Kirkus Reviews Barnhart artfully weaves two viewpoints together, offering a frank portrayal of middle school struggles and the ever-changing nature of friendship. -- Dee Romito, author of The BFF Bucket List A gorgeous, heartbreaking, and deeply felt tribute to the power of friendship. -- Paul Griffin, author of When Friendship Followed Me Home

""A gorgeous, heartbreaking, and deeply felt tribute to the power of friendship."" -- ""Paul Griffin, author of When Friendship Followed Me Home"" ""Barnhart artfully weaves two viewpoints together, offering a frank portrayal of middle school struggles and the ever-changing nature of friendship."" -- ""Dee Romito, author of The BFF Bucket List"" ""A careful introduction to consent and sexual harassment...A worthy, timely, ambitious debut."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews""

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Cathleen Barnhart holds a BA in creative writing from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. That's What Friends Do is her first published novel. Vanessa Johansson, Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a film and theater actress and voice-over artist who graduated from Carnegie Mellon and later trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.

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