Friendship & Family

Books in Friendship & Family

A Ghost in My Mirror

Poppy is visiting her grandmother. Before going to bed, she sees a picture of someone who looks just like her - Grandma's sister Daisy, who died when she was the same age as Poppy. Soon, Poppy fall... more

A Long Way From Home

An Afghan girl, an American boy, and the resilient residents of a small town are thrown together on 9/11. Thirteen-year-old Rabia, her mother, and her younger brother have escaped Afghanistan and ... more

A Monster in My Cereal

Poppy isn't very pleased. Her father is a pain. And the worst of it is that she is stuck with him for a whole weekend while her mother and brother are away. Suddenly, the monster on the cereal box ... more

An Alien In My House

When Ben discovers that an alien is living in his house, he is less than thrilled. After all, the alien looks strange, eats only green food, and doesn't let Ben watch television when he wants to. T... more

Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch

Bernadette Inez O'Brian Schwartz is a very small girl with a very long name and a very BIG imagination. Bernadette is having a hard time starting her grade three school year. Her best friend has mo... more

Bernadette in the Doghouse

Bernadette continues her adventures with the Lunch Bunch... After her triumph at the science fair - winning a special award even though she wasn't technically old enough to enter - Bernadette is re... more

Bird Brain

Poppy, heroine of the internationally bestselling chapter books A Monster in My Cereal, A Ghost in My Mirror, Witch's Brew and Poppy's Whale is involved in a new adventure. When a supply teacher di... more

Business In Bangkok

When Mommy says she has to go on a business trip to Bangkok, her son, Corey, balks. "She can't go," he says to his dad. When his father replies "Why not?" the boy finds a multitude of reasons from ... more

Fostergirls

Here comes trouble... She's a fostergirl. Her name is Sadie, but she might as well be called Fostergirl. Grouphomegirl. That's how everyone thinks of her. Sadie doesn't care. In fact, she'd be hap... more

Home Free

A GUTSY GIRL BOOK My name is Lee Mets (honest), and this is my book. I'm part of the writing club, which is fantastic, since what I want to be most is a writer. My mother says that girls don't gro... more

Leap

Hello summer... Hello turning fifteen! Finally, Natalie's turned fifteen. She's officially a grown-up (just tell her mother that) and ready for anything. School is out, and she and her best frien... more

Old Photographs

Summer vacation turns into a real-life mystery tale for a teen detective... Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Hecht is slowly making her way through the long boring days of summer vacation. It doesn’... more

Pianomania!

Priya begs and begs for a piano and lessons. Her parents try to placate her with a cardboard keyboard, and her diligence at "practicing" finally convinces them to give in and buy a real one. But no... more

Poppy's Whale

"Although the subject is serious, Hebert gives her character a fresh way of looking at the problem. The result is an original plot and some humorous images." - The Regina Sun Poppy, the zany chara... more

The Girl Who Hated Books

"There were books in dressers and drawers and desks, in closets and cupboards and chests. There were books on the sofa and books on the stairs ..." And Meena hates all of them, as does her cat Max,... more

The Little Word Catcher

Elise wonders why her grandmother's words keep escaping her. Do they fly off to play tricks on her? Elise's grandmother used to know many marvelous words, but now she seems to be losing them all th... more

The Scratch on the Ming Vase

An attack on her kung fu master leads a budding spy on a mysterious adventure... Born in China, Nicki Haddon was adopted by a wealthy North American family as a baby. Now sixteen, she has a talent... more

The Second Trial

What do you do when your father becomes the enemy of your family? Danny McMillan never knew that his father was abusing his mother, until a night of violence that shattered his family forever. Wat... more

Until Today

Witch's Brew

In this fast-paced chapter book, Poppy begins to read a story about a black cat and a witch. Then, everywhere she goes she bumps into a strange-looking witch. After some deliciously scary fun, she ... more

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