Copyright © 2020 by Sheila M. Averbuch
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Averbuch, Sheila M., author.
Title: Friend me / Sheila M. Averbuch.
Description: New York: Scholastic Press, 2020. | Audience: Ages 8–2. | Audience: Grades 4–6. | Summary: Roisin turns to Hailey, her online friend, to escape the constant abuse from a school bully, but Roisin begins to suspect Hailey isn’t who she claims she is.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020010971 (print) | LCCN 2020010972 (ebook) | ISBN 9781338618082 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781338675870 (ebk)
Subjects: CYAC: Bullying—Fiction. | Online identities—Fiction. | Deception—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.A9734 Fr 2020 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.A9734 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020010971
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020010972
First edition, November 2020
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e-ISBN 978-1-338-67587-0
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