Friends: The Series Boxed Set: Real Friends, Best Friends, Friends Forever

 
★《公主出任務》（The Princess in Black）作者、紐伯瑞銀獎得主Shannon Hale作品
 
　　此系列是紐伯瑞銀獎得主珊寧．海爾 （Shannon Hale）以自己的現實生活為靈感所創作出的一系列校園漫畫。故事以 Shannon 為主角，在校園這個背景中，講述 Shannon 關於尋找友誼與自我的成長故事。貼近生活的故事，能讓小讀者感覺有共鳴，彷彿也在漫畫中發現屬於自己的小煩惱。透過故事，孩子們能學會面對生活中的煩惱，學習如何珍視友情、與朋友相處。　
 
＊ 建議閱讀年齡：8-12 years
＊ Lexile 藍思閱讀分級：GN200-400L
 
《Friends: The Series Boxed Set》一套三冊，內容包括：
 
1. Real Friends
　　害羞的 Shannon 與 Adrienne 從小就是好朋友，但當Adrienne認識了班上最受歡迎的同學 Jen ，加入了新朋友圈後， Shannon 卻開始感到失落。為了Adrienne，Shannon也加入了團體，但卻在團體裡卻備受冷落和排擠，Shannon該怎麼找回友誼呢？
 
2. Best Friends
　　Shannon在新朋友圈裡站穩腳步，也跟Jen成為好朋友。但規則總是在變化，Shannon不知道哪些電視節目很酷，不知道應該聽什麼歌，也不知道她可以跟誰聊天。是誰制定了這些規則？Shannon 一定得遵守這些規則嗎？她不懂，這是真實的自己嗎？　 
 
3. Friends Forever
　　Shannon 八年級了，而八年級總是很複雜。Shannon身邊的朋友都已經開始約會，而無論 Shannon 有多努力，她似乎總是感受不到快樂。她擔心會讓所有關心她的人失望，她也不知道自己到底想成為什麼樣的人。她能學會愛自己嗎？

　　Get all of your favorite friends in one boxed set featuring these bestselling and beloved graphic memoirs: Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever!

　　From award-winning creators Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham comes a series about friendship, family, and finding your own path, inspired by Shannon's real life. This box set includes:

Real Friends
　　When best friends are not forever...
　　When Shannon makes her first ever friend, she thinks she's found her bestie for life. But when her friend joins up with another circle of friends called The Group, Shannon feels left out. Will they stay friends? And is Shannon in The Group? Or out?

Best Friends
　　Follow your heart. Find your people.
　　Now that Shannon's best friends with the most popular girl in school, sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. But suddenly, everyone has to watch the same shows, love the same songs, and like the same people. Is Shannon being true to herself?

Friends Forever
　　Eighth grade. It's complicated.
　　Now a wise eighth grader, Shannon thinks she's got it figured out―her true friends, her favorite hobbies, and the key to happiness. But no matter what she does, Shannon never feels okay. Can she ever be truly happy―just as she is?

Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are best friends who have been publishing books for young readers for two decades. They have created three bestselling series together: the graphic novel Friends series, the early chapter book Princess in Black series (with Dean Hale), and the picture book Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn.

Shannon lives in Utah with her husband, four kids, and two cats where she writes award-winning novels like The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, Dangerous, and the Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy, and pens other books with her husband Dean, including Diana, Princess of the Amazons (illustrated by Victoria Ying), Rapunzel’s Revenge (illustrated by Nathan Hale), and two novels about Marvel’s unbeatable Squirrel Girl.

LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, a cat, and an orange gecko. She is the author/illustrator of the books Big Sister, Little Sister, A Piece of Cake, The Itchy Book, and Outside, Inside. She is also the illustrator of over 100 books for kids, including Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace, Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio, and The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman. Her illustrations have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Caldecott Honor for Bear Came Along with Richard Morris.

Shannon and LeUyen plan to keep making books together for many years to come and to stay friends forever.