Truth or Dare

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

When her two best friends leave to go to another school, eleven-year-old Cathy tries to replace them with the "perfect" Jessica.

Genres: Young Adult, Childrens

169 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1986

About the author

Susan Beth Pfeffer was an American author best known for young adult and science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled "The Life as We Knew It Series", but often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Reviews

[Diane Mcadams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this book and I highly recommend it. I read this as a young girl and continued to read the book to this day. It brings back childhood memories. I have two copies. The first one fell apart because of constant reading it. Classic young girls just starting Junior High School and trying to make friends. One girl is popular and the other isn’t. Well we all know how that turned out if you read the book or if you went through the same thing.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re-read this vintage 80's classic about a girl trying to make new friends, yet not realizing the girl she most desperately wants to be friends with just doesn't like her. A good lesson that some people just don't respond to niceness....you can't force someone to like you if they don't.

[Rhythm.709 x33 · Rating 5 out of 5]

really gooddd boook!!! if u like friendship,this is the book for you

[Kristin Katsuye]

At first I thought Cathy was a bit annoying being so obsessed with Jessica but the book turned out really good & cute.