best friends

Fourth-grader Jada's best friend moved away but a class project on rocks and minerals, her favorite topic, could mean new friends. For Jada, rocks are easier to find than friends. Or are they?.

From ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn, a chilling middle grade tale set during the flu pandemic of 1918.

When Sunny and Aarush reach for the same book at the library, they try to resolve the conundrum by searching through the stacks to find something else for the other to read, but maybe what they find instead is even better.

With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.

"Some eighth gradres are causing trouble on the bus. Now Lincoln and his friends need a new way to get to school. But it's too far to walk, and they don't have enough bikes. The kids need a plan! Can they think of a creative solution to their bully problem?.

Eddie and MJ are suddenly transported to India where they must use their word knowledge to solve a mystery and help their new friend Dev save his school.

Inspired by the success of their first birthday bucket list, Ari and Kaylan set goals for the new school year but both face challenges that may threaten their friendship.

"December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain America, and other stars of the Golden Age of Comics. Maybe they'll even get their comic published someday. December 7th, 1941: Everything explodes. That morning, Frank and Stanley are aboard the battleship the USS Utah when Japanese planes zoom overhead and begin dropping bombs on the ships below. Chaos ensues as everyone scrambles to dive for safety. Frank and Stanley realize what's happening: Japan is attacking America! The war has come to them. As the boys fight to make their way home amidst the carnage, it's clear that everything has changed. Stanley's mother is Japanese American and he is suddenly facing a terrible prejudice that he's never known before--he's now seen as the 'enemy,' and Frank, who's white, cannot begin to understand what Stanley will now face. Can their friendship--and their dreams--survive this watershed moment in history?"--Provided by publisher.

"Identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica think the Mercandy mansion is haunted and that new student Nora Mercandy might be a witch, but Elizabeth wants to find out if the rumors are true"--OCLC.

Kaylan and Arianna are new to middle school, and when they decide to make a list of eleven things that they want to accomplish before they turn twelve, including getting detention and helping humanity, they start to lose sight of their friendship.