From group selfies to sleepovers, part of growing up is forming strong friendships—some of which can last for a lifetime! In this session, we’ll hear from three novelists whose latest books vividly illustrate just how powerful friendship can be. In Ali Benjamin’s moving, award-winning novel The Thing About Jellyfish, a girl retreats into her imagination after losing her best friend. In Jo Knowles’s Still a Work in Progress, friendships help sustain a boy whose family life is in crisis. And in Paul Griffin’s When Friendship Followed Me Home, a scruffy four-legged friend leads a lonely boy to his first real friendship, and all the humor and heartbreak that accompanies it. Bring your best friends to this session, hosted by our friend Cathryn Mercier of Simmons College.
