{"id":2460,"date":"2019-09-09T04:03:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T04:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2021-07-03T05:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:05:54","slug":"middle-grade-books-about-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/09\/middle-grade-books-about-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Grade Books About Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/pexels-2286921\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1869265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2461\" src=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/children-1869265_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Middle Grade Books About Friendship | Children | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/children-1869265_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/children-1869265_1920-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/children-1869265_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/children-1869265_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I was over at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fromthemixedupfiles.com\/2019\/08\/middle-grade-books-about-friendship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Novels<\/a> blog last month talking about friendship. 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