imaginary playmates

Eighth-grader Clare, planning on spending time with Allison over winter break, realizes that Allison has a crush on Paul, Clare's dorky friend from out of town, and Clare turns to her imaginary friend, Elsa, for help when she feels ignored.

After moving to a new neighborhood, eleven-year-old Bree's long-forgotten imaginary playmate returns, to the dismay of her parents and brother, but the only other girl on the street is thirteen-year-old Cassie, whose behavior may lead to big trouble.

Max Delaney has Asperger's and an imaginary friend named Budo. Budo defends Max from bullies in school and fears the day when Max will stop believing in him.

After suffering through his first two years of high school, Jake's junior and senior years at Longfellow High go much better with the help of his new imaginary friend, Wilbur--a nearly six foot tall frog.

When a fever confines eleven-year-old Paul to bed, he folds paper to create imaginary playmates and to transport himself into other worlds. Includes instructions for paper folding.

Jane, who spends a lot of time alone as a child while her mother works as head of a Broadway theater company, develops a friendship with an imaginary man named Michael, and meets him again when she is in her thirties.

Ida's imaginary friend, Dotty, is tied to her with a blue string and when Ida's classmates tease her about Dotty, Ida is surprised to discover that her teacher carries a red string with her wherever she goes.

Melody has a very special, loving friend--the only thing is, he only exists in her dreams. Melody is new to the neighborhood and too shy to talk to the other kids yet, but one day when she tries to dance with her dream friend in the real world, she might just make a real friend at the same time.

Eric would rather spend time with his imaginary companion the Night Shimmy than socialize with others, until the day he makes an unexpected friend in the park.

Fern, who lives in poverty with her mother and cat, Beauty, and struggles at school, writes to Xanoth, her imaginary friend, and when her mother dies of a heart attack, she starts to take care of herself, working odd jobs and saving every penny, and when things fall apart, she finds out she is not really on her own.