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81) Alone
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated...
82) City of ghosts
Author
Series
City of ghosts volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to, and she was really looking forward to a ghost-free summer at the beach; however her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion,...
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Anita and Rainie have made countless visits to their home base: an old sycamore tree and its neighboring lot of stray dogs who have a mysterious ability to communicate with humans. The girls learn that they are preceded by generations of dog-headed women and women-headed dogs whose bloodlines knot them together like thread. Anita convinces her best friend Rainie to become a dog with her, tying a collar of red string around each of their...
85) The whispers
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A chilling new novel from the bestselling author of Her One Mistake that explores toxic relationships, long-held secrets, and the perils of getting just a a little too close to your best friend"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness...
87) Best friends
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his best friend finds a new friend at school, Pete feels dejected until she invites them to all play together.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Resolving to avoid high school clichés, friends Dave and Julia maintain a list of everything they vow to never do, but he has already broken a rule by secretly pining for her, a situation complicated when Julia suddenly decides to break every rule.
90) Remix
Author
Publisher
SSBFYR
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two girls test the strength of their friendship--and their hearts--at a summer music festival.
91) The girls
Author
Publisher
Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As little girls, Lottie, Leela, Sasha, and Alice share friendship and support in the shade of an apple tree, which last even after they grow to be adults.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Snail and Worm are best friends who support each other during a silly game of tag, through Snail's adventure up a flower stalk, and when Worm's pet goes missing.
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 3
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Third-grader Stella Batts needs to find a new best friend after her friend, Willa, moves away, but finding a new best friend is not easy"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When best friends Sophie and Agatha return to a fairy tale world, they find that old enemies are no longer fighting, but a war begins to brew as an enemy arises from within.
Author
Language
English
Description
Desperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth, modern friendship, and romance that blends Sally Rooney's wryness and psychological insight with Emma Straub's gorgeous scene-setting and rich relationships. Just days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he had a mistress--one of her own colleagues at a prestigious...
96) Rockin' Rockets
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Best, best, best friends Amy and Allie do absolutely everything together. But a new girl has moved to their neighborhood, and she has only one extra ticket for the most exciting concert ever. Which friend will get to go? Allie or Amy?
97) The happy book
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Camper is happy as a clam and Clam is a happy camper. When you live in The Happy Book, the world is full of daisies and sunshine and friendship cakes . . . until your best friend eats the whole cake and doesn't save you one bite. Moving from happiness to sadness and everything in between, Camper and Clam have a hard time finding their way back to happy. But maybe happy isn't the goal--being a good friend is about supporting each other and feeling...
98) Silver linings
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Follows best friends Pip and Parker, who know just what to do and say to encourage and support each other.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old former best friends Maddie and Chloe arrive at camp and discover they are cabin mates, they must decide if they want to continue staying mad at each other or give their friendship another go.
Author
Series
Toys trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.
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