friendship

Having been friends since childhood, when Eve and Andrew make it to eighth grade, suddenly everyone, crush-obsessed, assumes they will start dating each other. Feeling pressured to it, Eve asks Andrew to take her to the school dance, and everyone loses their minds--but for the childhood friends it is nothing but overwhelming awkwardness. It becomes so awkward that both of them, independently, decide to be the worst boyfriend/girlfriend ever, so that neither of them has to be the one to make things even more awkward--and potentially end their friendship--and break up with the other.

With his reputation in tatters after his confrontation with another gay student is posted on social media, openly gay high schooler Peter Thompkins needs something big to fix his image. To prove he's not a self-hating gay, he agrees to help his best friend Alan produce a drag show in their rural hometown. As a result, Peter must find a way to deal with catty drag queens, homophobia, protesters, and a cute boy, and soon he's uncertain if his friendship with Alan will survive until the curtain falls.

Rosie Vo's father, a former professional racquetball player, pressures her to not only play the sport, but love it as much as he does. When she meets new student Blair, who also plays racquetball, they become fast friends. Blair doesn't seem to suffer from the kind of pressure Rosie feels, so she concocts a plan to get her father to coach Blair for an upcoming tournament and thus take his attention off of Rosie. Rosie's efforts fail, but she does learn to advocate for herself and confront her father about her feelings.

In the summer of 1988, Abby and her best friend-forever Gretchen go skinny-dipping, and something goes wrong. Gretchen begins to act differently than she ever has before, and it isn't long before Abby, investigating, determines her friend has been possessed by a demon, leading to just one question--whether or not their friendship is powerful enough to defeat the devil.

It tells the unlikely love story of Maddy, a smart, curious and imaginative eighteen-year-old who due to an illness cannot leave the protection of the hermetically sealed environment within her house, and Olly, the boy next door who won't let that stop them. Maddy is desperate to experience the much more stimulating outside world, and the promise of her first romance.

Little Cap lives with his best friend, Gustav, but when Gustav goes missing one day, Little Cap must be brave and set out on a quest to find his missing friend. His confidence is tested when he talks to his neighbors, scales a sheer cliff, and even steps in something really gross, but eventually his bravery pays off when he finds Gustav. They return home but Little Cap is not the same mushroom he was when he left, and he finds himself ready to take on another adventure.

Andrew and Eddie were best friends until Eddie left Andrew for a graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, Andrew prepares to join Eddie in Nashville until he receives shocking news: Eddie has committed suicide. Eddie leaves Andrew his inheritance, and Andrew steps into Eddie's old life in Nashville. He doesn't believe that Eddie would commit suicide and begins to investigate what really happened to his friend, but he soon finds himself becoming consumed by the same demons that took Eddie away.

Tomas has come to learn that caring for and training a dragon is not easy, and keeping it out of trouble at home and school is even harder. However, Tomas has a bigger problem--the dragon fruit tree looks unwell. He and his friends will have to figure out how to save the tree before it's too late.

Tomas takes a funny fruit from a tree in his grandfather's garden, but he doesn't expect it to contain a tiny dragon. Soon Tomas's life changes as he tries to look after Flicker while also harvesting more dragonfruits.

Frida is disappointed when she has to tell Luc?a, Bea, and Marta she can't join them at summer camp, but the Red Shoes Club is determined to still spend time with each other.