friendship

The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family and friends.

Follows the school activities of second-graders, Harry and Doug, as they participate in a secret mission to celebrate "Charlotte's Web," learn how to make green slime, and put on a skit warning about the dangers of smoking.

Fifth grader Derek and his best friend Rory are delighted when their neighbor's niece Bolivia comes to town for another visit, until a lot of missing objects make Derek begin to doubt Rory's honesty. Sequel to "The Hot & Cold Summer.".

Fourth-grader Cassie learns a great deal about herself and the true meaning of friendship when a school assignment pairs her with the unpopular new girl instead of with her best friend.

The part of third grade Ellen Tebbits likes most is having Austine Allen for her best friend.

When a terrible accident partially disables Kevin and makes his mother overprotective of him, his best friends Ryan and Mooch decide that the only way to liberate him is to kidnap him.

Two friends tell what they like about each other - even the bad things.

Three episodes in the developing friendship of Vic Bear and Arlo Gopher demonstrate how they are good neighbors.

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris.