Praise for Friend Me:
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
"Friend Me is a heart-racing escalation from toxic teen power play and the dangers of social media to a darkly searing near-future thriller. A stunning debut." – Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity
"A stunning, suspenseful look at the very real impact on tweens when the inexorable march toward more technology goes haywire. It's like Mean Girls meets Black Mirror with very scary results." – Sarah Darer Littman, author of Backlash
"Fast paced, original, and gripping! This book has twists and turns and a sci-fi edge, yet it still keeps an important question at its heart: What makes a true friend?" – Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy
* "A suspenseful novel that takes a not-so-distant futuristic approach to online bullying and mean girl behavior, middle school students will all be able to relate to the characters in this book. A valuable addition to any [collection]." – School Library Journal, starred review (audiobook edition)
"Readers will sleep with the lights on after consuming this fast-paced thriller." – Kirkus Reviews
"[A] cyberthriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats." – Publishers Weekly
"Averbuch constructs a complex scenario that is both over-the-top and entirely plausible…The book's balance of real-world emotional issues and only-a-little-futuristic technology delivers an engaging story that will appeal to fans of both sci-fi and contemporary fiction." – Horn Book
