friendship

When her grandparents come for a visit from India to California, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her friends.

Because Clifford, the big red dog, imitates everything the boy does, he quickly makes a friend.

Two little boys meet at the beach, each sure that his balloon is better.

Walter's favorite cousin is coming to visit, but Iris is disappointed when Howie does not turn out to be so great--or friendly--after all.

Self-sufficient Kate unexpectedly develops a relationship with her new impractical neighbor.

Sam spends a typical day having breakfast with his family, jostling with his brothers for the bathroom sink, learning and having fun at school, playing with his friend Max, and heading for bed with his dog, Lucky.

Janie's parents move to the suburbs so she can go to a better school, but when she discovers that all the other students are richer than she is, she feels out of place--until she realizes that there are more important things than money.

Digby the dog and Kate the cat enjoy each other's company, even when they have their differences.

In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make friends over the course of a tumultuous summer.

When Daisy, who is autistic, joins a mainstreamed class and trains Buster the rabbit for a pet show, she faces new challenges and makes new friends.