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Best Friends And Drama Queens (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #3)

#1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot's first middle-grade series!Allie Finkle is excited when a new girl, who comes all the way from Canada, joins her class at Pine Heights Elementary. Now Allie won't be the new girl anymore!But her excitement turns to dismay when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts telling everyone in the fourth grade what to do! Soon Cheyenne has everyone, including Allie's best friends, Caroline, Sophie, and Erica, believing that if they don't do what she says, they'll be what Cheyenne accuses them of being - babies!

Best Friends and Drama Queens (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #3)

Best Friends' Bakery: Birthdays and Biscuits (Best Friends' Bakery Ser.)

Eleven-year-old Hannah Hallett has loved baking all her life and is endlessly coming up with amazing new ideas. Her mum's just the same - and now she's moved the whole family to the countryside so she can pursue her dream of opening her own bakery! It's the summer holidays, and now that JUNIOR BRILLIANT BAKER is over, Hannah can finally relax and enjoy herself with her best friends! They're baking biscuits for the launch of George's mum's new shop, Natural Beauty. Then Hannah meets mysterious new girl Abi at the launch, and hears that the local animal shelter, PAWS, is struggling. She realises that there are people - and animals - in Ashingham who need help. Can the best friends work out what's wrong with Abi and save PAWS at the same time?

Best Friends, Better Lovers

Kamryn Hillcroft is bubbling over with excitement. The Dallas Mavericks just made it to the semi-finals and have a good chance to take it all for the first time in franchise history. For a sports journalist, she couldn't be happier...and, even better, her best friend, Brayden Allen, is on the team. For five years she's enjoyed a comfortable friendship with Brayden. He's a great listener, was a shoulder to lean on when her husband died unexpectedly, and always gave her a nudge when she was down. Now Brayden wants to date her!She is doubtful that a relationship can work without endangering their friendship. He is confident they can have the best of both worlds. As Kamryn investigates a teammate's suicide and uncovers a gambling ring someone targets Brayden for violent attacks. It's up to her to sort out the details and find out who's responsible.

Best Friends Better Lovers

Kamryn Hillcroft is bubbling over with excitement. The Dallas Mavericks just made it to the semi-finals and have a good chance to take it all for the first time in franchise history. For a sports journalist, she couldn't be happier...and, even better, her best friend, Brayden Allen, is on the team. For five years she's enjoyed a comfortable friendship with Brayden. He's a great listener, was a shoulder to lean on when her husband died unexpectedly, and always gave her a nudge when she was down. Now Brayden wants to date her!She is doubtful that a relationship can work without endangering their friendship. He is confident they can have the best of both worlds. As Kamryn investigates a teammate's suicide and uncovers a gambling ring someone targets Brayden for violent attacks. It's up to her to sort out the details and find out who's responsible.

Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes

For fans of Barbara Dee and Shannon Hale, this poignant coming-of-age middle grade novel explores the ups and down of best friends, crushes, and backyard projects during a summer full of changes and possibilities.Alex has always known her best friend and next-door neighbor, Will, will be there for her. That&’s just how it&’s always been. Until a girl from the pool named Rebekah comes over to them and says hi. Suddenly, Will is changing his clothes, restyling his hair, and breaking all of their summer plans and Alex is not happy about it. Every summer, she and Will come up with a new challenge. This year, it&’s a treehouse. Now Alex is wrangling up summer jobs and keeping tabs on the new girl, hoping that in completing their treehouse, she can keep from losing her best friend and her summer from falling apart.

The Best Friends Book

What makes a best friend? Illustrations and brief text describe how best friends treat each other in this bold and quirky book. Full color.

Best Friends for Frances

"Today is my wandering day," says Albert when Frances invites him to play ball. And Frances is left to her own resources and her little sister Gloria, who is "not much good at all, except for crying." When Albert compounds his unreliability with a "no-girls" baseball game the next day, our high-spirited heroine acts quickly, and organizes with Gloria a "BEST FRIENDS OUTING--NO BOYS." How Frances convinces Albert of the value of her friendship and learns to appreciate Gloria while doing it will interest and amuse both children and parents. And readers who have found Frances equal to most occasions in BEDTIME FOR FRANCES, A BABY SISTER FOR FRANCES, BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES, and A BIRTHDAY FOR FRANCES will be pleased to see how the irrepressible little badger handles another solidly real problem.

Best Friends For Never (The Clique #2)

A bet about wardrobes between the wealthy Massie and middle-class Claire results in a testing of old friendships, a forging of new ones, and a change for the student body at Octavian Country Day School.

Best Friends for Never

When a friendship pact goes magically awry, eleven-year-old Hattie must figure out how to make amends.After Hattie and her three best friends watch one of their classmates publicly defriended in the school cafeteria, they make a loyalty pact promising never to mistreat each other. But after Hattie unwittingly breaks the pact, her friends begin ignoring her. In fact, they literally don't even know who she is anymore! Can Hattie figure out how to break the spell and make things right again?Acclaimed author Adrienne Vrettos brings poignancy and gentle humor to this magical story of friendship and loyalty.

Best Friends Forever (So Little Time Series #12)

Chloe and Riley are in a battle against their best friends to win top grade on their business class project. It starts as a friendly competition, but soon turns into a bitter and ugly rivalry. Will it ruin their friendships forever?Meanwhile, Chloe and Riley's mom gets doctor's orders to stay at home and rest. That means no meetings, no business calls, no working! It's tough keeping their mom stress-free, but at the same time they develop a greater bond with her.

Best Friends Forever: A Novel (Mira Ser.)

With “interesting characters and a twisting plot,” this thriller introduces two women whose friendship that can withstand anything—except murder (Kirkus Reviews).Kat Grant and Alice Campbell have a friendship forged in shared confidences and long lunches lubricated by expensive wine. Though they’re very different women—the artsy socialite and the struggling suburbanite—they’re each other’s rocks. But even rocks crumble under pressure. Like when Kat’s financier husband, Howard, plunges to his death from the second-floor balcony of their South Florida mansion.Howard was a jerk, a drunk, a bully and—according to police—a murder victim. The questions begin piling up. Like why Kat has suddenly gone dark: no calls, no texts and no chance her wealthy family will let Alice see her. Why investigators are looking so hard in Alice’s direction. Who stands to get hurt next. And who is the cool liar—the masterful manipulator behind it all.

Best Friends Forever

Katie's getting a new BFF--whether she likes it or not. Katie Walsh is majorly bummed when her BFF moves away. But her hopes soar when the new girl at school, Whitney, befriends her right away and invites her to spend the night at her house for a sleepover. Katie loved sleepovers with her old BFF, so she's sure she will have a great time. But Katie doesn't have a great time. Something is not quite right at Whitney's house. Whitney seems really, really into her dolls...and later that night, Katie's convinced that the dolls are threatening her.The next morning, a freaked-out Katie decides that maybe she hasn't found a new best friend, after all. Whitney, however, has made up her mind about Katie--they're going to be best friends forever...no matter what.This too-close-for-comfort friendship tale is ranked a 5 on the Creep-o-Meter.

Best Friends Forever

Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads and Celine worries how her 10-year-old daughter, Kassie, will be affected. But the situation turns devastating when Celine is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship with Keith deteriorates, Celine worries that she'll be left to navigate the difficult process of cancer treatment alone. But comfort and support come in the form of Celine's best friend, Lauren. They've been attached at the hip since they were children and it is Lauren who's there for Celine in her darkest moments. Now, Celine will be forced to make tough decisions-about her marriage and otherwise-and for the first time in her life, she wants to give up. Lauren vows to help by any means necessary and makes the kind of sacrifice only a best friend can. But will it be too late?

Best Friends Forever

Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed,In Her Shoes and the forthcoming Who DoYou Love, explores the nuances of female friendship with relish... Addie Downs and Valerie Adler were eight when they first met and decided to be best friends forever. But, in the wake of tragedy and betrayal during their teenage years, everything changed. Val went on to fame and fortune. Addie stayed behind in their small Midwestern town. Destiny, however, had more in store for these two. And when, twenty-five years later, Val shows up at Addie's front door with blood on her coat and terror on her face, it is the start of a wild adventure for two women joined by love and history who find strength together that they could not find alone.

Best Friends Forever: A Novel

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes "a smart, witty fairy tale for grown-ups" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR) about the friendships that last a lifetime.Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That's what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they're both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school's scapegoat. Flash-forward fifteen years. Valerie Adler has found a measure of fame and fortune working as the weathergirl at the local TV station. Addie Downs lives alone in her parents' house in their small hometown of Pleasant Ridge, Illinois, caring for a troubled brother and trying to meet Prince Charming on the Internet. She's just returned from Bad Date #6 when she opens her door to find her long-gone best friend standing there, a terrified look on her face and blood on the sleeve of her coat. "Something horrible has happened," Val tells Addie, "and you're the only one who can help." Best Friends Forever is a grand, hilarious, edge-of-your-seat adventure; a story about betrayal and loyalty, family history and small-town secrets. It's about living through tragedy, finding love where you least expect it, and the ties that keep best friends together forever.

Best Friends Forever: Book 8 (School for Stars #8)

Join schoolgirl detectives Molly, Maria, Pippa and Sally for more mystery and glamour in Holly and Kelly Willoughby's final adventure set in a contemporary school for the Performing Arts.Twin sisters Molly and Maria are first class detectives with a flair for uncovering adventure - there's no mystery too big for the Fitzfoster duo. But, alongside their crafty clue-hunting, there's also the small matter of a school camping trip in the big outdoors. The girls are ready to roll up their sleeves but nothing could prepare the friends for what awaits them en France . . . The sparkling finale to the much-loved contemporary detective series for fans of Robin Stevens and Katherine Woodfine.This book is GLEE for 9+ and is perfect for fans of BALLET SHOES and MALLORY TOWERS.

Best Friends Forever: Book 8

Join schoolgirl detectives Molly, Maria, Pippa and Sally for more mystery and glamour in Holly and Kelly Willoughby's final adventure set in a contemporary school for the Performing Arts, with the classic charm of Ballet Shoes and Malory Towers.Twin sisters Molly and Maria are first class detectives with a flair for uncovering adventure - there's no mystery too big for the Fitzfoster duo. But, alongside their crafty clue-hunting, there's also the small matter of a school camping trip in the big outdoors. The girls are ready to roll up their sleeves but nothing could prepare the friends for what awaits them en France . . . The sparkling finale to the much-loved contemporary detective series for fans of Robin Stevens and Katherine Woodfine.

Best Friends Forever 4. Somos el mejor equipo: Novela infantil-juvenil sobre la amistad. Lectura de 8-9 a 11-12 años. Libros para niñas y niños. (Best Friends Forever #Volumen 4)

Una amiga conoce todas tus historias, tu mejor amiga las vive contigo. ¡No te pierdas las aventuras de Best Friends Forever! Julia y Alejandra están más unidas que nunca… ¡nada ni nadie podrá separarlas! Pero todo se complica cuando en Vistalegre se organizan unas jornadas deportivas con chicos y chicas de otros colegios: lo que parecía un simple juego se convierte en una competición llena de trampas y malentendidos que pondrán a prueba su amistad. Deberán recordar que juntas siempre son el mejor equipo, porque ellas son… Best Friends Forever

Best Friends Furever (Love Puppies)

Adorable dogs + a sprinkle of magic + a celebration of social emotional learning!Yip! Yip! Hooray! A little magic can save the day!When Rosie and the rest of the Love Puppies find out that Meiko is struggling to make friends at her new school, they are sure they can sniff out a solution! But it takes more than magic to break the ice. If they can be creative, these caring canines might just might find a lonely girl her paw-fect match!With a little bit of magic and a whole lot of kindness, the Love Puppies are here to help kids overcome some tough social situations. Because with the power of love, anything is paw-sible!

Best Friends in the Universe

Louie and Hector are best friends -- but when some funny secrets get revealed, their friendship is put to the test.Louie and Hector are the best friends in the universe. Get ready to laugh out loud as the two boys fall in and out and eventually back into their best friendship ever through a series of funny secrets that neither one was supposed to reveal. Each episode is told in a journal format in four parts: "Best Friends in the Universe," "Best Friends in the Universe Forever and Ever," "Worst Friends in the Universe," and finally "Worst Secret Keepers in the Universe But Still Best Friends Forever and Ever."And Louie and Hector's comical dialogue will have kids howling!Louie: "I'm going to make up an ugly dance move called the Horrible Hector."Hector: "I'm going to invent a disgusting, rotten drink called the Icky Louie."Both: "That's it! This book is canceled."But just like most friendships, Hector and Louie find a way to stay best friends forever -- but maybe not the most trusted secret keepers!

Best Friends Rock (Barbie)

This full-color 8 x 8 storybook is based on Barbie's fall 2012 direct-to-DVD movie. Plus girls 3-7 will love that over 30 stickers are included.

Best Friends, Secret Lovers: Best Friends, Secret Lovers (the Bachelor Pact) / The Secret Twin (alaskan Oil Barons) (The Bachelor Pact #1)

One Valentine’s Day kiss turns friendship into red-hot romance in the flirty first book in the Bachelor Pact series.These best friends had never been single at the same time.Until now.Sabrina Douglas is worried about her best friend and colleague, Flynn Parker. His rocky divorce and the pressure of running his family’s firm after his father’s death have brought him to the brink. Before his staff stages a coup, Sabrina intervenes to lighten things up. Her idea? Spend an innocent Valentine’s Day together. But after they share a surprisingly passionate kiss, innocence is thrown out the window.And soon after that fateful kiss, the plumbing goes kaput in Sabrina’s apartment, forcing her to move in with Flynn. The Valentine’s Day kiss is only the beginning . . . Sure, best friends with benefits has a ring to it. But this has to be their secret because if word gets out, they’ll be risking their professional reputations and their friendship. So is it time to retreat to the friend zone—and is that even possible?Love triumphs for these wealthy bachelors in the Bachelor Pact series.Book 1: Best Friends, Secret LoversBook 2: Temporary to TemptedBook 3: One Night, White LiesBook 4: Christmas Seduction

Best Friends through Eternity

Inspired by the true story of a teen who was killed at a railway crossing, the author weaves the tale of fourteen-year-old Paige, who, taking a shortcut alongside the tracks to avoid the school bullies, is tragically hit by a train and transported to a surreal world where she encounters Kim, who died seven years before. Convinced she is only dreaming, Paige must discover a way to return to her former life. Poignant, gripping, and full of unexpected twists and turns, Best Friends through Eternity will resonate with readers who have struggled with cultural identity, a sense of belonging, and the real meaning of home.

Best Friends (Until Someone Better Comes Along)

In this M!X original, Izzy is used to being queen bee--but will she ditch her mean girl status for a chance at true friendship?Isabella Caravella is dreading summer. She doesn't want to spend a month at a lakeside resort with her parents and the families of her dad's coworkers, especially when she discovers that two of the kids go to her school. She thinks Bailey and Ava are beyond weird--and they're not exactly thrilled to see Izzy, either. Izzy has been their tormentor, the leader of the pack of girls who made their first year of middle school so unpleasant. Once Izzy discovers that the other kids have been spending their summers together for years and she's the outsider, she realizes she's going to have to change her bossy, stubborn ways if she wants to fit in. Bailey and Ava turn out to be kind and welcoming, and Izzy actually wishes she were more like them. Back home, Izzy knows that things are probably going to be different. Ava and Bailey were great summer friends--but are they really forever friends? Can Izzy prove that she really does have the potential to be a true friend? Or is she stuck playing the mean girl forever?