The Hard Kind Of Promise
California seventh-graders Sarah and Marjorie made a promise in kindergarten to always be friends, but Marjorie is weird and Sarah, wanting to be at least somewhat popular, makes friends with a fellow choir member.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: best friends [X], friendship, popularity, individuality, middle schools, california [X], identity
Violet In Bloom
Fifth-graders Katie-Rose, Violet, Milla, and Yasaman seem to have little in common except their flower-related names, but they nurture their new friendship through a social-networking site and a campaign to have healthier snacks served at school.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
Oopsy Daisy
Milla wonders if it is time to hold hands with her crush, Katie-Rose worries that no boy will ever be interested in her, and Violet is concerned about the return of her mother from a psychiatric hospital; meanwhile, Yasaman creates a plan that will distract the Flower Power girls from their worries and spark a romance between two teachers.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: best friends [X], friendship, teachers, school stories, juvenile fiction / girls & women, california [X]
Awesome Blossom
Fifth-grade best friends Katie-Rose, Milla, Yasaman, and Violet are determined to save a new student from Modessa's evil influence, but Katie-Rose is busy not flirting with Preston and all four are distracted by trying to organize Yasamin's sister's birthday party.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Abigail Iris
Abigail Iris thinks she would rather be an only child but after going on vacation with her best friend, who is an "Only," she realizes there are benefits of being one of many.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1040
In The Break
Juan Barrela's best friend Jamie faces a violent home situation, so the tenth-grader steals his mother's car and drives with Jamie's sister Amber to Mexico.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
Twenty Boy Summer
While on vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best friends Anna and Frankie conspire to find a boy for Anna's first kiss, but Anna harbors a painful secret that threatens their lighthearted plan and their friendship.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
Doormat
Fourteen-year-old Jaime has always been a doormat, but her diary reveals how getting the lead in a school play, finding her first boyfriend, discovering her dream, and helping her best friend cope with being pregnant transform her life.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: pregnancy, theater, best friends [X], friendship, diaries, california [X], teenage pregnancy
Catch A Falling Star
Carter Moon is expecting to spend a quiet summer working in her parents' restaurant and hanging out with her best friends Alien Drake and Chloe--but when a Hollywood company arrives to film a movie, her sleepy California town is suddenly transformed, and Carter finds herself playing an unexpected part in it all.
FIC
year:
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
Nothing
"Charlotte and Frankie think their lives are much more boring than the teen novels they read, but when Charlotte decides to write about their experiences, they realize much more is happening than meets the eye"--.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: family life, schools, high schools, authorship, friendship, best friends [X], families, california [X]
Edgy Estella Aces The Sleepover Party
Nine-year-old Estella Garcia dreams of being a movie star when she grows up, but she is nervous about attending her very first sleepover party at the home of the new fourth-grader, Brittany, especially as the theme is "art," which is not really her thing--so she turns to her three best friends, The Worry Warriors, to help her overcome her anxiety.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: hispanic american children, hispanic american families, sleepovers, birthday parties, self-confidence, best friends [X], friendship, hispanic americans, family life, parties, birthdays, worry, california [X]
United To Strike
"The Delano Grape Strike brings Filipino and Mexican farmworkers together, but threatens Tala Mendoza's relationship with her best friend"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: chavez, cesar, united farm workers, best friends [X], friendship, agricultural laborers, grape strike, calif., 1965-1970, family life, investigative reporting, filipino americans, mexican americans, california [X], strikes, reporters and reporting, historical fiction