![]() ![]() It was especially hard for me, reading Real Friends and knowing that it was a memoir, seeing the pain, frustration and sadness suffered by Wendy that was then passed on to Shannon. Wendy, who has her own struggles with real friends that readers glimpse throughout the novel, lashes out by hitting and bullying Shannon. They are suffering and they take it out on younger siblings in one way or another. ![]() One of the things that I, as an adult, a parent and a person who works with children, greatly appreciate about Real Friends is the author's note where Hale shares the undiagnosed behavioral health disorders suffered by her older sister and her own undiagnosed mental health issues that were "probably symptoms of anxiety disorder and mild obsessive-compulsive disorder." There are plenty of big sisters (and brothers) like Wendy in children's literature. Then, there is Wendy, Shannon's oldest sister. ![]()
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