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"What does it take to be a great friend? Find out with the help of a bucket list. Learn how meet new friends, maintain relationships with old ones, be a good listener, and more in this easy-to-follow guide guaranteed to help you tackle all the items on your friendship bucket list"--
23) The daughter
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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After a fifteen-year absence, Christian returns home to rural New South Wales for the marriage of his father, Henry, the wealthy owner of the local mill that's been the economic bedrock of the community for generations. Christian gets reacquainted with his old friend Oliver and finds himself drawn to Oliver's family, which includes wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father-in-law Walte. Unexpectedly, Christian discovers a secret that could tear...
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Ediciones Ekaré
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"En el barrio no se había visto fútbol como el de Madani. Desde que llegó, los partidos de los sábados son mucho mejores y los regates y goles del nuevo jugador se siguen comentando toda la semana. Pero su mejor jugada está aún por llegar. Una emocionante historia en la que ganan la determinación y el cariño." --
"Soccer played as good as Madani plays, had not been seen in this neighborhood. Since he arrived, the games on Saturdays are much...
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Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism, tolerance, and cruelty during a friendship spanning half a century.
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Beyond Words
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Everyone likes the idea of "best friends forever," but friendships can be complicated, and they often involve dealing with difficult feelings. Almost all children have experienced feeling shy at a party where they don't know anyone, furious during an argument with a friend, or sad when a friend moves away. Because kids care a lot about friends, they often have big emotional responses about them. This entertaining and empowering book addresses a wide...
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For childhood friends Leo Kelly, Jane Devlin, and newly ordained "Packy" Keenan, the summers they spent at the lake together were times of pure magic. And no summer was more enchanting than the summer of 1948, until a tragic car wreck killed two of their friends.
The rich and prominent "Old House" families of Chicago banded together to protect their own, the driver, who was drunk, was the son of a local doctor. There was a cover-up and a vicious...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
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What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him enormously vulnerable. Eli lacks the innate skepticism that will help his peers navigate adolescence more safely-and vastly more successfully. Journalist Jennifer Latson follows...
31) Smick!
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Viking/Penguin
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Can friendship bloom between a dog and a chick?
32) The candy caper
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Trouble at table 5 volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--
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"Many children are taught to follow the golden rule: treat others as you would have them treat you. But how do we put this principle into action in our everyday lives? In this engaging, helpful text, little citizens will learn about what it truly means to treat others well and why it's important. Guided and inspired by relatable examples, they'll understand how they can practice kindness, listen to others, and live with integrity. Empowered to make...
34) Hummingbird Lane
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"Ever since childhood, Emma and Sophie were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they've reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she's lost herself under the suffocating...
35) Dylan the doctor
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English
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A joyful stripy dog, Dylan is playing at being a doctor, looking after all his friends: Kala Kat, Ozzy Otter, and Bitsy Chick. But who will look after poor Doctor Dylan when his caregiving duties exhaust him?
37) Windfall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Alice loves Teddy, her best friend, but has never told him. When she buys him a lottery ticket that turns out to be a winner, their lives are changed forever and their friendship is put to the ultimate test"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and...
39) The rope walk
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At her tenth birthday party in the garden of her Vermont village home, Alice meets two people unlike any she's known before: Theo is a mixed-race New York City kid visiting his white grandparents for the summer; Kenneth is a cosmopolitan artist with AIDS who has come home to convalesce. Alice and Theo form an instant bond and almost as quickly find themselves drawn into the orbit of the magisterial artist. But Kenneth is losing his eyesight, and when...