During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.

Celebrating boyhood and friendship, this upbeat picture book follows a group of young Black boys as they spend an adventure-filled day together living their best lives freely in their community.

"Jackie Newsome's best friend is dead, and everyone knows who killed her. Jackie is an ex-emotional eater and mother of four, who has finally lost the weight she long yearned to be free of. But leaving her old self behind proves harder than she ever imagined. She believes she should be happier, but misery still chases her, and motherhood threatens to consume her. Her only salve is Theresa, her best friend whose life she desperately covets. Their bond...

"A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman. . . . Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline's death. But that didn't stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures. While the girls were never convicted, Joni, ever the opportunist, capitalized...

Best friends Cecily, Gabby, and Prianka set out to have the best summer ever. For Cece and Gabby, this means going to camp, but Prianka wants to forget about sleeping in the woods and hang out at the pool before her big family trip to India. Told entirely in text messages, emails, and notes.

After being magically gifted with incredible luck, sixteen-year-old Jude discovers this gift just may be a curse when it comes to love. Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw his comics, host regular D&D night with his friends, work at his parents' vinyl record store, and escape high school as unscathed as possible. That is, until the night he comes across a mysterious twenty-sided dice and finds himself inexplicably gifted...

La magia ha estado prohibida en Syhl Shallow desde que los mejores amigos Jax y Callyn recuerdan. Antes les encantaban las historias sobre poderosos forjadores de magia y míticos scravers que conjuraban fuego o controlaban el hielo, pero ahora han aprendido que la magia no entraña más que peligros; fue lo que mató a los padres de Callyn y la dejó al cuidado de su hermana pequeña. La magia nunca ha ayudado a Jax, que perdió el pie en un accidente...

El chico nuevo, Javier Moreno, causa sensación en el campo de fútbol cuando el video de su golazo se hace viral. Pero ahora la fama se le está subiendo a la cabeza; acapara el balón y se pavonea mucho. ¿Su forma solitaria de jugar arruinará la posibilidad de que su equipo participe en el campeonato estatal? El arte dinámico, estilo cómic y a todo color, provee el contexto ideal para esta emocionante novela gráfica sobre Javier Moreno, una...

Told in rhyming text, Thelma is a pony who created a big splash when she dressed up and posed as a unicorn, but she returned to her best friend Otis the donkey when fame proved to be stressful; now her many fans want her back, and Thelma is reluctant--until Otis agrees to go along as her manager and backup, so she can concentrate on being awesome.

Across three humorous short stories, best friends Sniff and Scratch discover rain can be fun, share a funny encounter with a balloon, and learn to be brave together when lightning strikes.