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Best Friends Forever is a novel written by A. Bates.

Plot
This will be Ronnie and Sarah’s last summer. It is 1968 and the Viet Nam war is dividing the country. But Ronnie and Sarah have bikes to ride, pollywogs to keep an eye on, books and chores and picnics to enjoy on their endless summer vacation. They know that life will be different in junior high, but they don’t have to worry about that for three long wonderful months.

The girls sneak out of the house at night and frighten themselves sometimes with their adventures—knowing it’s all in fun. But the tension in Ronnie’s house begins to build. Her older sister might not stay so boringly obedient, and one of her older brothers has figured out how to loosen their mother’s rule. The other brother might be drafted any day and students are demonstrating against the war all over the country. The girls can’t escape the fact that they’re growing up and beginning to know too much about the world.

And bad things happen in the world.

Ronnie and Sarah are best friends, and when the danger gets too real and too close to home, they will be together as they try to stop it.