Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: One of the books I remember from childhood...still rings true

The Charmed Circle is about a 14-year-old girl entering her first year of high school...but without her life-long friend. Although the references about school are dated (Latin class, for instance), the feelings of a young, insecure girl who must forge new friendships and re-examine her own prejudices still ring true. The need to "belong" and not be different, the clannishness of young girls, and the competition for popularity are just as much a part of growing up in 2009 as they were in 1960's. Good book with a happy ending, of course!