Reviews and Blog Posts: Friendship

What do you like best, saying hello or saying goodbye? There are many ways to do both, but saying goodbye is often harder than saying hello. Learn about the many ways to say goodbye, and how that sometimes a goodbye can also bring a new beginning.

What do losing your best friend and codes have in common? These are the most important things to Zoe Bennett. Zoe's in 6th grade. She's not super in math or a star performer like her siblings. She's just Zoe, and she doesn't know what makes her special. Her best friend...

On the Island, everything has a useful purpose, and everything is named to match. Dogs have become "herding creatures," the baker is named Baker, and imagination is outlawed as a waste of time. Medford Runyuin washed up on the Island as a baby and has never fit in. Secretly, Medford...

Weasel was a mean, sneaky, nasty, bully. All his sneakiness made Weasel very rich and he had a castle and a fancy car. When Weasel went to throw a big, important party to show off all his stuff, nobody came! How can a super sneaky weasel make friends? Find out...

Artie is a lion. Julie is a rabbit. Both of them have to learn how to survive in the grasslands. Arrtie's dad teaches him how to walk quietly and roar loudly so he can catch rabbits. Julie's dad teaches her how to jump high and fast and listen for little...

Jack lives in the city and his friend Adam lives in the suburbs. When Adam invites Jack for a weeklong visit, Jack can't wait to get away from the noise of the city and his chores and his annoying sister. But after a couple of days away from home, Jack...

Class 6C has a lot to learn this year: all about their new teacher, Mr. Carey, who has long hair and likes to quote Bob Dylan (who's he?), all about the ins and outs of young love, but mostly all about their innate talents. They're putting on a school concert,...

In this third installment from the author of Chasing Vermeer, Calder gets the opportunity to travel with his dad to Oxford, England. When he disappears into thin air, Calder's dad invites Tommy, Petra, and Mrs. Sharpe to come to England to help find him. Without Calder to keep the peace,...

Lily doesn't speak and she doesn't look people in the eye. People in town whisper "brain damage" but that isn't it. Lily doesn't want to talk or have people pay attention to her. She has made herself invisible because of something bad that happened. One day a mysterious girl named...

Alice has just moved from Boston to the suburbs. She has lots to be excited about: a big house with a yard, and she'll be starting middle school this year. Zen, one of the first kids she meets, seems kind of weird. He has a room full of craft projects...