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Free Spirit Publishing was invited to share its latest tween series, Middle School Confidential^™, at the Connected Celebrity Gift Suite for the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.

Nancee Borgnine, vice president of marketing for Connected and daughter of Academy Award–winning actor Ernest Borgnine, explained why Free Spirit books are such a perfect fit for the Connected Celebrity Gift Suite. “If anyone needs to know how to determine a real friend from a fake one, it’s these kids,” she said. “In Hollywood, it can be hard to tell the difference.”

Free Spirit’s founder and president, Judy Galbraith, joined author Annie Fox in Los Angeles. Many of the young stars posed for photographs and autographed our poster, which posed the query, “Free Spirit Publishing wants to know what makes a real friend…” See who stopped by, and what they had to say about friendship.

Allisyn Ashley Arm
Milly & Becky Rosso
Yara Shahidi
Max Burkholder
Tyler Chase
Ashley Argota
Will Shadley
Molly Quinn
Trevor Gagnon
Alfonso Ribeiro
Candace Cameron Bure
David DeLuise
Isabelle Fuhrman
John Salley
Katelyn Pippy
Lucas Till
Leo Howard

Allisyn Ashley Arm

Allisyn Ashley Arm, who plays Zora on Disney Channel’s Sonny with a Chance, wrote, “Real friends are people you feel comfortable around, someone you can trust, someone who is always there to tell you that your outfit looks great on you.”

Milly & Becky Rosso 

Milly and Becky Rosso, stars of ABC Family’s Legally Blondes wrote, “Someone who is loyal, fun, and makes you laugh!”

Yara Shahidi

Yara Shahidi, Eddie Murphy’s costar in Imagine That wrote that
a real friend has “personality and kindness.”

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Max Burkholder

Max Burkholder, of the forthcoming NBC show, Parenthood, wrote, “Someone you are there for and is there for you, someone who isn’t mean.”

Tyler Chase

Tyler Chase, one of the hosts of the Disney Channel’s Video 411, wrote, “A person who is there for you when you’re up and down and is accepting of who you are, not what you are.”

Ashley Argota

Ashley Argota, who plays Lulu on Nickelodeon’s True Jackson, VP wrote, “A real friend is someone that can make you laugh when you’re crying. Someone that’s loyal, there for you no matter what. Through thick & thin.” 

Will Shadley

Will Shadley, of Kung Fu Panda and the upcoming feature film Opposite Day, wrote, “a good friend has loyalty.”

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Molly Quinn

Molly Quinn, who plays Alexis Castle on ABC's Castle wrote, “A true friend gives you their honest opinion.”

Trevor Gagnon

Trevor Gagnon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ costar on CBS’s The New Adventures of Old Christine, wrote, “Someone who is no snob, a person you have known all your life.”  

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Check out these stars that stopped by to say hello and get their own copy of Real Friends vs. the Other Kind:

Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton Banks, cousin of Will Smith’s character, on the television show Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and is now host of Game Show Network's Catch 21, is pictured here with author Annie Fox.

Candance Cameron Bure, who played DJ Tanner on the televsion show Full House, and now stars in the ABC Family show Make It or Break It, came by to pick up her copy and have her photo taken with author Annie Fox.

David DeLuise, one of the stars of Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place stopped by with his 6th-grade daughter Dylan. David and Dylan both got a chance to check out Real Friends vs. the Other Kind and take home their own copies. David is seen here with author
Annie Fox.

Isabelle Furhman, star of the summer horror flick Orphan, stopped by to scare up a copy of Real Friends and pose with author Annie Fox.

John Salley, pictured here with author Annie Fox, played basketball for Detroit, Miami, Chicago, and most recently Los Angeles. Since retiring from basketball, Salley has appeared in several movies, including costaring with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in both Bad Boys and Bad Boys II. He also recently appeared on the NBC reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Katelyn Pippy, who plays Emmalin Holden on Lifetime’s Army Wives and who also appeared in an episode of Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, is pictured here with Middle School Confidential series author Annie Fox.

Lucas Till, here with Middle School Confidential series author Annie Fox, played Miley Cyrus’ love interest in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Leo Howard, who hosts his own celebrity news show, Leo’s Little Big Show, on the Disney Channel, also stars in the summer blockbuster, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and the new movie Shorts, pictured here with author Annie Fox.

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These actors from the new movie Fame (opening in theaters everywhere September 25, 2009) also stopped by to chat with author Annie Fox and receive their own copy of Real Friends vs. the Other Kind.

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle plays Joy, a student at New York City High School of Performing Arts who may find accidental stardom through an outburst posted to YouTube. Anna has also been on Hannah Montana, and will be in the upcoming movie, Camp Rock: The Final Jam.

Paul McGill, seen here with Free Spirit Publishing president Judy Galbraith and Real Friends author Annie Fox, plays Kevin. Kevin works hard, but hopes that he has the dance moves to make it to graduation.

Walter Perez plays Victor, a student who hopes the his book smarts may one day catch up with his street smarts.