Natasha Friend

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born

April 28, 1972 in New York, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.natashafriend.com/

twitter username

tashbooks

genre

Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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A writer and full time mom, Natasha (Tasha, Tash) Friend has taught at the Brearley School in New York City and Ecole Bilingue in Cambridge. She also served as Director of the Brimmer and May Summer Camp in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Her writing has appeared in "Family Fun" magazine and "Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul." Tash lives in Connecticut with her husband and two little boys.

Her first book, Perfect, won the Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature and the Golden Sower Award for the state of Nebraska. Her second young adult novel, Lush, was an A.L.A. Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, an International Readers Association Teen Choice, and the Rhode Island Teen Book Award Winner for 2008. Friend's third book, Bounce, was chose...more

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Books by Natasha Friend

Average rating: 3.74 · 8,185 ratings · 1,308 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Perfect 3.74 avg rating — 4,122 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Lush 3.81 avg rating — 2,082 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Bounce 3.73 avg rating — 1,119 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	For Keeps 3.58 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	My rating:
	My Life in Black and White 4.04 avg rating — 74 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Natasha Friend

“When you believe in something, stand up for it, even if everyone is sitting.”
― Natasha Friend, Perfect

70 people liked it

“I want to keep sleeping, but the sun outside my window has other ideas: First blind her. Then jab her eyeballs with scorching-hot daggers.”
― Natasha Friend, Lush

tags: lush

27 people liked it

“When you see a small change in your life it means its a huge change in personality and your trait”
― Natasha Friend, Lush

tags: fiction

15 people liked it

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