What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. YA novel about a girl with an imaginary friend [s]

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message 1: by Alexa (new)

Alexa (lextbh) I read a book several years back (about 8 or 9) about a girl who has a male friend she used to go see at a park and he turns out to be imaginary. I remember that it was revealed she had some sort of childhood trauma that she repressed and replaced with these memories of a person she made up (there might have been an air of romance between them). I can't remember the title of course but I think to was short-- only about one or two words-- and it was on some sort of sign on the cover (like a sign advertising a place or something). I don't know if those are enough details but I've been searching everywhere and can't seem to find the name of this book.


message 2: by Mir (new)

Mir | 805 comments Have you scanned this list?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...


message 3: by Alexa (new)

Alexa (lextbh) I have, and a few others. No dice :(
I don't know what if imaginary friend is exactly the correct term. Like I said I remember the main character had repressed something bad that happened in her childhood like the death of someone and had created this person in her mind to replace the pain of the trauma or something of that nature. I don't know if there's a term for that.


message 4: by Mir (new)

Mir | 805 comments You know, I vaguely remember as a teen reading a book with a girl who has a guy friend who turns out to not exist. There was something about her family or him moving, maybe, and I think a scene where she gets into some sort of accident with a bike or is hit by a car.


message 5: by Alexa (new)

Alexa (lextbh) That sounds exactly like the book I read. Something about her moving in the beginning and saying goodbye to him? I don't remember any of the characters' names though.


message 6: by Mir (new)

Mir | 805 comments Darn. Unfortunately I read it before goodreads so I don't have the title recorded. Maybe it will come to me.


message 7: by M (last edited Jun 13, 2015 10:22AM) (new)


message 8: by Mir (new)

Mir | 805 comments That's definitely not the one I had in mind, but it isn't my post.


message 10: by Kitty (new)

Kitty | 321 comments My Sweet Audrina maybe...


message 11: by Alexa (new)

Alexa (lextbh) It's not any of those :( I really remember the title being short, like one or two words.


message 12: by Liralen (new)

Liralen | 766 comments I know Andria already suggested this, but...you're sure it's not The Night I Disappeared? It has the imaginary friend, the childhood trauma, the bicycle accident, the saying-goodbye-at-the-beginning (while she leaves for the summer)...


message 13: by Alexa (new)

Alexa (lextbh) Actually, I read a full plot summary and I think that's probably the book. I'm not sure where I got the one-word title from (I read it so long ago I was likely confusing it with another book cover.)
Thanks everyone!


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