Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everyone keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Friends .

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Roaring Brook Press .

Goose Girl is Shannon Hale's powerful debut in the world of children's fiction. She lives in Utah with her husband and their pet, a small plastic pig. Newbery Award-winning author Jerry Spinelli's sweet lyrical text and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham's charming illustrations show the timeless love between a mother and her children.