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by E. L. Konigsburg

Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.

Thank You, Jackie Robinson

by Barbara Cohen

After Sam's father dies, he becomes so wrapped up in the Brooklyn Dodgers that he can describe every game they've played in the last four years. Nobody is interested, until Sam meets Davy. Although they come from different races, religions, and generations, their newfound friendship goes well beyond baseball.

The Secret Language of Girls

by Frances O'Roark Dowell

In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being.

Eleven-year-old Kate Faber wishes she could talk to her best friend Marylin about this. But Marylin is no longer her best friend. Or is she?

How to Say Goodbye in Robot

by Natalie Standiford

The new girl in town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade.

The Girls' Book of Friendship: How to Be the Best Friend Ever

by Gemma Reece Illustrated by Katy Jackson

Girls learn how to be the best friend ever in this fantastic girls' guide to friendship. Inside, girls will learn how to stay friends for life, make a friendship bracelet, make up after an argument, and much more.

The Gallant Pig

by Dick King-Smith Illustrated by Mary Rayner

When Farmer Hogget wins Babe at the fair by guessing his weight, the pig is adopted by a mother sheep-dog who teaches him. Though he is destined for the slaughterhouse, Babe secures his life while protecting the sheep herd.