When Tuva comes back to school after the summer holidays, she’s dismayed to realise that some things have changed in her friendship group. Now she is in seventh grade they are allowed to go into the woods behind the school at lunch and Tuva and her friend Bao are really excited to build dens and enjoy themselves, but their other friend, Linnea, has a new boyfriend and is not interested in joining them. The girls in Tuva’s class seem to have split into two groups, Tuva thinks she’d like to fall in love and have a boyfriend but she also loves building dens and playing in the woods – she feels torn between her two best friends. And just to make everything even more confusing, Tuva can’t stop thinking about the new girl, Mariam.
Nora Dasnes is a Judy Blume for a new generation. ‘Cross My Heart and Never Lie’ is a wonderfully authentic, thoughtful and engaging graphic novel about friendship, growing up and first crushes – perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier. I adored this story and the graphic diary style and can highly recommended it for upper KS2 and Year 7 pupils in particular – I know my Year 6 Book Club is going to love this one!
Thanks to The Reading Agency and Farshore for the book group copies.
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