best friends

"Selvi and Divya are best friends, brought together by shared experiences, including mothers who work abroad to support their families. Though Selvi misses her mom, it's okay because she has her best friend by her side. But one day, Divya comes to school showing off a beautiful set of rainbow bangles and news that her mother has returned from overseas. But the colorful bangles make Selvi see red. Divya spends all day showing them off to friends and when Divya offers to let Selvi try them on, Selvi is overcome with emotion and hurls the bangles to the ground. Will Selvi be able to understand the ups and downs Divya faces too, or will her grief and jealousy destroy their friendship?"--.

When the Mad Professor suddenly leaves Castle Grotteskew, Stitch Head, the Creature, and the girl Arabella suddenly find themselves in charge of the Castle but an innocent game of pirates leads them to a plot by the evil Freakfinder, who still wants to control the Professor's monsters.

As an 8th grader from a racially mixed family, Christina faces a new set of challenges, heartbreaks and triumphs.

"Nina Peanut runs a very serious, very amazing YouTube channel; so why are her grandmother and her best friend, Brian, her only viewers? (Hint: it might have something to do with her obsessions with quirky stuff like a potato with a human face). Nina wants to be as popular as queen bee Megan Dunne, and when Nina's cat accidentally wanders into one of Megan's videos, Nina realizes she just might have the chance to chase her dreams. But as Nina goes down the road of stardom, she starts to question whether or not fame is worth the price she's paying"--Provided by publisher.

Fourth-grader Ben and his best friend Janet are pushed to the breaking point when a student council election gets out of hand.

"Margaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth is too much for one little girl to endure. Her first memory is of the day her friend Agnes died. No one blames Margaret. Not in so many words. Her mother insists to everyone who will listen that her daughter never even left the house that day. Left alone to make sense of tragedy, Margaret wills herself to forget these unbearable memories, replacing them with imagined stories full of faith and magic--that always end happily. Enter Poor Deer: a strange and formidable creature who winds her way uninvited into Margaret's made-up tales. Poor Deer will not rest until Margaret faces the truth about her past and atones for her role in Agnes's death." --.

When third-grader Phoebe and her family are invited to visit Paris and her new friend Camille's family, she is thrilled--but when she is put off by snails on the menu, Phoebe starts to wonder if she is really as adventurous as she thought she was.

After being magically gifted with incredible luck, sixteen-year-old Jude discovers this gift just may be a curse when it comes to love.

"When 17-year-old Megan Allen is betrayed by her best friend, LC, and targeted by LC's enemies, she is plunged into a waking nightmare and must claim what makes her uniquely herself to get her life back-- or die trying"--.

"The most lovable--yet unlikely--pair of besties is back! Pickles decides it's time to make good on an IOU that Albert forgot he gave him four years ago and request that they take a trip to Wizard's Wharf! Albert begrudingly agrees to accompany his best friend, but amusement parks aren't really his thing. Pickles is determiend to make Albert feel the magic around him, but even after exploring all the rides, games, mazes, and prizes that Wiard's Wharf has to offer, Albert still isn't as wowed by this environment as his friend is. Albert doesn't want his practicality to ruin his buddy's IOU day, so they continue exploring the park and run into their friend and neighbor Platters, who's working as a ride mechanic. Platters offers to take them on a tour of a top-secret ride that's still under construction, but when the ride has a slight malfunction and the three of them are separated, Albert and PIckles will have to rely on how well they know each other--and maybe even a little magic--to help them find their way out."--Back cover.