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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Miggy Brenneman is a wild and reckless seven-year-old with a fierce imagination ... Ellen is polite, cautious, and drawn to her friend's bright flame. While the adults around them adjust to unstable times and fractured relationships, the girls respond with increasingly dangerous play. When tragedy strikes, all the novel's characters grapple with questions of fate and individual responsibility, none more so than Miggy, who must make sense of a swiftly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What does it take to be a great friend? Find out with the help of a bucket list. Learn how meet new friends, maintain relationships with old ones, be a good listener, and more in this easy-to-follow guide guaranteed to help you tackle all the items on your friendship bucket list"--
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lola knows a lot about being a good friend. She knows friends have lots of things in common but not everything (that would be boring). Friends are always ready to share--even something gross! Sometimes friends make mistakes but they always forgive each other. The problem is Lola's family just moved, and the only person she knows in her new neighborhood is her big sister Charlotte. And Charlotte doesn't exactly count. Can Lola prove she knows how to...
Author
Publisher
Beyond Words
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone likes the idea of "best friends forever," but friendships can be complicated, and they often involve dealing with difficult feelings. Almost all children have experienced feeling shy at a party where they don't know anyone, furious during an argument with a friend, or sad when a friend moves away. Because kids care a lot about friends, they often have big emotional responses about them. This entertaining and empowering book addresses a wide...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When they posed for a photo at their high school graduation, they vowed they'd be friends forever, but teenage promises are so easily broken, and now, thirty years later, they're practically strangers. Cici, stuck in a rut, married to a cheating husband. Genie, caring for her ailing father but never getting any thanks. Kate, everyone knows people who look perfect on Instagram are not. And Laurie, the most successful of them all, now tragically gone....
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this book, autistic people of diverse racial, ethnic, educational, socioeconomic, and gender backgrounds talk about not just what we wish our own parents had known when we were growing up, but what we most want all parents to know about raising autistic kids today --
11) April & Oliver
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"The story of April and Oliver, two inseparable childhood friends whose existences again collide with the sudden death of April's younger brother"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Clover and Danny are the kind of best friends who make each other better: Clover makes lists, and Danny makes fun. Clover is thoughtful and quiet and loves science. Danny is chatty and funny and loves art. They're so important to each other that Clover believes they're symbiotic: her favorite science word, which describes two beings who can't function without the other. But then Danny comes down with a mysterious illness that won't go away, and the...
13) Just for me
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby has something special, she likes to say "just for me!" That includes everything from her dolly to the colorful candy sprinkles she uses to decorate her cookies. But when a friend comes over for playtime, Ruby takes her mantra just one step too far, and a precious toy is broken. Just when it looks like playtime has been ruined, Ruby realizes that having a friend is much more fun than having everything to herself."--
14) Sabotage
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Operation Upside has grown to a team of three: Beatrice, her best friend Lenny, and her mysterious neighbor Sam. With several successful missions under their belts, the trio is preparing for another great week when the unthinkable occurs--an imposter delivers an imitation Upside Award! As Beatrice hunts for clues to the culprit, Lenny suspects one of their own. Will they solve the mystery before Operation Upside is ruined once and for all? Or is the...
15) The pirate tree
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The gnarled tree on the hill sometimes turns into a pirate ship. A rope serves as an anchor, a sheet as a sail, and Sam is its fearless captain. But one day another sailor approaches, and he's not from Sam's street. Can they find something more precious than diamonds and gold? Can they find--friendship?"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Vega and her friend Alex wonder why the pencil in the box is called 'skin color' when it doesn't match either of them. This question leads them on a beautiful journey of exploring the diverse array of skin colors they see in the world. Together, they discover how to bring all of them into their art."--
17) Friends
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his friend moves away, a boy sets out on a journey to find her.
18) The Big Cheese
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?"--
19) Duplex: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Mary and Eddie are meant for each other -- but love is no guarantee, not in these suburbs. Like all children, they exist in an eternal present; time is imminent, and the adults of the street live in their assorted houses like numbers on a clock. Meanwhile ominous rumors circulate, and the increasing agitation of the neighbors points to a future in which all will be lost. Soon, a sorcerer's car will speed down Mary's street, and as past and future...
20) Hummingbird Lane
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they've reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she's lost herself...
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