Friends for Life

by Ellen Emerson White

Book Overview

When her best friend is found dead, supposedly from a drug overdose, seventeen-year-old Susan suspects murder and determines to find out the truth. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380825783
• ISBN13: 9780380825783
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Excellent first book

This is the first book White wrote, and, while there are a few little bits that reflect this, it's an excellent story. I'm 26, and still read this book regularly. Not only does it stand on its own, its an important prequel to an even better story, Life Without Friends. The main character, Susan McAllister also stars in White's latest title, Long May She Reign, and would be a good recommendation for any fans of that book. Ellen Emerson White has rewritten several of her older books in the President's series, and I hope she decides to refresh this one as well. If I had even one complaint, it's that it's just too short! I want more!

I have a question

I was just wondering if there was a book that came after, Life Without Friends, which is about Beverly?

Friends For Life

Friends for Life, by Ellen Emerson White, is a very intense mystery set in Boston. Susan McAllister, a high school senior, moves back to Boston with her family. However, after only being back a few days her best friend, all-american Collen Spencer, is found mysteriously dead, and when the cops find drugs in her locker they assume it was a drug overdose. Susan knows Collen would never do drugs, but everyone tells her that she's been gone a couple of years, how does she know Collen hadn't changed? She believes it is murder, and has good reason to. She starts investigating the drug scene at school, and as she gets closer to identifying the killer she puts herself in more danger. This is an excellent, heart-wrenching book, a book you can not put down until the end. The characters seem to come alive, and if you like this book you'll find the sequel, Life Without Friends, equally riveting, as the main charcter this time is the exgirlfriend of Collen's killer. I have read this book many times and every single time I still am saddened by Collen's death and cry when the killer is caught. I totally recommend this book.