Sincerely
Sincerly, Sophie; Sincerely, Katie
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Eleven-year-old Sophie Turner attends an all-girls private school in Manhattan. When Sophie’s family falls apart and her best friend rejects her for a faster crowd, Sophie’s only source of comfort is the distant voice of her school-assigned pen pal, Katie.
Eleven-year-old Katie Franklin lives in California. She is thrilled to be spearheading a charity project with her best friend, Jake—but when Jake starts paying attention to another girl, a jealous and misunderstood Katie is left with one friend she can confide in—her pen pal, Sophie.
This realistic, gentle novel is a testament to the enduring power of friendship—even from miles away.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Companion novels bound together introduce two equally sincere sixth-grade pen pals. In the more poignant story, New Yorker Sophie s parents announce they re divorcing, her best friend ditches her, and she worries that there will no longer be enough money for her private school tuition. She vents about some things in letters to Katie, but keeps much of her anger and hurt to herself before confiding in both parents. In California, Katie feels neglected by her mother, who dotes on Katie s dyslexic older sister; grapples with guilt over telling a lie to prevent her best friend Jake from dating a girl; and anguishes over the jog-a-thon fund-raiser she organizes. Given the volume s pen-pal premise, PW contributor Sheinmel (Positively) includes less correspondence between the girls than readers might expect; rather, their personalities emerge through their persuasive first-person narratives. In a somewhat anticlimactic ending, the two long-distance friends talk only perfunctorily in person when Sophie visits Katie. Still, this is an affecting portrayal of family and friendships in flux, and of the heroines burgeoning self-knowledge and confidence. Ages 8 12.
