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Angel and her best friend try to find a way to get rid of the well-meaning, but disaster-prone family friend who has moved into Angel's bedroom.

A suggestion from her mother leads Sophie to befriend the new girl at school and an elderly, grouchy woman, and helps her overcome the feeling that she is not good at anything.

Julia, a Korean-American, and her friend Patrick learn about tolerance, friendship, and patience while working together on a project about silkworms.

A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Crash" in which seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan, who has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, consider the meaning of friendship and importance of family after forming a relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and coping with his grandfather's stroke; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.

Mallory's two best friends' parents are getting married, and Mallory fears that she will become a third wheel when Mary Ann and Joey become stepbrother and stepsister.

After moving to a new town, eight-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn between old and new best friends.

While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.

Eleven-year-old Rex and his family move to Ottawa from Vancouver in the summer of 1962 when it seems everyone is nervous about the possibility of nuclear war between America and Russia, but his thoughts about the possible end of the world take second place to the mystery creature hiding out in the local park.

Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along wisth her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety , an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.

Rambunctious and irrepressible Gemma has been best friends with Alice ever since they were born on the same day, so when Alice moves miles away to Scotland, Gemma is distraught over the idea that Alice might find a new best friend.

"In this collection of twelve . . . stories, join Fancy Nancy as she puts on her own dog show, learns to ice skate, goes on a camping adventure, and more! With each story timed to be a five-minute read-aloud, this storybook makes anytime the .

Thirteen-year-old Sal, traveling with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho in search of her missing mother, entertains them with the story of her friend Phoebe whose mother also left, unwittingly revealing the truth about her own relationship with her mom.

The adventures of Russell, his family, and friends, as he gets ready to celebrate his sixth birthday.