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Read about some great friendships by checking out these books from the Juvenile section of your library.
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The Way I Say It
by Nancy Tandon
Rory Mitchell has always had an issue saying his R's correctly. His former best friend, Brent, suddenly sides with bullies against Rory but then Brent is hit by a car and suffers a serious brain injury, which requires Rory to reevaluate everything.
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Ghosted
by Michael Fry
Larry's got a few problems. In school, he's one of those kids who easily gets lost in the crowd. And Grimm, Larry's best friend in the whole world, has ghosted him. Literally. One minute Grimm was saving a cat in a tree during a lightning storm, and the next, he's pulling pranks on Larry in his new ghostly form. When the two best friends realize that there's something keeping Grimm tethered to their world, they decide that finishing their Totally To-Do bucket list is the perfect way to help Grimm with his unfinished business. Pulling hilarious pranks and shenanigans may be easier with a ghostly best friend, but as Larry and Grimm brave the scares of seventh grade, they realize that saying goodbye might just be the scariest part of middle school.
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Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-To-Be Best Friend
by Dawn Quigley
Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat), she's worried that she needs to figure out how to make more friends. Because Fern, her best friend at school, may not want to be friends anymore.
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Mind Their Manners
by Herman Parish
Accidentally hurting the feelings of a class newcomer during the annual ice-cream party, young Amelia Bedelia and her friends practice new skills in manners, kindness and friendship that are complicated by Amelia’s literal-minded comprehension.
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Dear Friends
by Lisa Greenwald
Dumped by her BFF from kindergarten, Eleni revisits her top five friendship fallouts to find out what went wrong and how to be a better friend all before she has to choose a roommate for an overnight class trip.
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Unsettled
by Reem Faruqi
Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
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Project Startup
by Heather Alexander
When Hallie and Jaye are paired for the school entrepreneurship pitch competition, it's so not a perfect match. Then Hallie tells Jaye her idea for their startup-selling snacks made with edible bugs. Jaye refuses to eat a bug or sell a bug or do anything with a bug. Can two strong-willed girls find a way to come together to start a buzz-worthy business that will make the judges say "bug appétit"?
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Sarai in the Spotlight
by Sarai Gonzalez
When a new girl named Christina moves to town, Sarai tries to make friends with her, but finds that they have very little in common.
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Best Friends-ish
by Carter Higgins
So far second grade is not living up to Audrey Locke's hopes. Because she is not really the best at anything, the other girls leave her out, and even Diego, her best friend from first grade, is hanging out with the other boys. Things may be getting worse, because starting Monday she will not even be the only Audrey in second grade. To Audrey L. (as she must now be known) this is looking like a disaster, but just maybe she has more in common with Audrey W. than just a name.
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Sydney & Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World
by Jacqueline Davies
Wanting to see wonders ranging from mountains taller than a hundred hedgehogs to valleys wider than a thousand skunks, Taylor the hedgehog and his unlikely best friend, Sydney the skunk, embark on a tour to see a world that proves rather bigger than anticipated.
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The Friendship War
by Andrew Clements
A girl who has always enjoyed the spotlight encounters an unexpected rival in her own best friend who has accidentally triggered a hot new fad at school.
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Accidental Trouble Magnet
by Zanib Mian
Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family.
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Roller Girl
by Victoria Jamieson
Astrid discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend Nicole are growing apart.
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The Big Break
by Mark Tatulli
The creator of the syndicated comic strip, Lio presents the story of a student in the New Jersey Pine Barrens who, in the wake of new sightings, strives to finish his documentary on the Jersey Devil while reconnecting with an estranged friend.
Please note, this title can be found in the Juvenile Graphic Novel section of the library.
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The Queen Bee and Me
by Gillian McDunn
A girl who has always put her popular best friend’s preferences first decides to take a science course instead of her friend’s dance class and partners with a quirky newcomer who helps her better understand the common social traits of bees and humans.
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Lions & Liars
by Kate Beasley
Fifth-grader Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp where he and his terrifying troop mates have just started forging a friendship when they learn a Category 5 hurricane is headed their way.
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Luciana: Out of This World
by Erin Teagan
When her family's trip to Chile doesn't go as planned, Luciana decides to give her friendship with frenemy Claire Jacobs another chance when she is invited to a NASA-run Mars habitat in the desert.
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The Boy, the Bird, & the Coffin Maker
by Matilda Woods
As they try to escape the shadows of their pasts Alberto, the town's coffin maker, and Tito, a runaway boy learn the power of friendship.
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