Reviews by Tag: friendship

Everything begins in Belgium, where Max Howard, his parents, and his sister Claire have recently relocated. He finds it challenging to quickly adapt to his new surroundings. He had to redo sixth grade in a French school, which was the worst letdown.

In his home's basement, he one day found a wine cellar. Ahmed, a Syrian teenager of 14 years old who lacked identification and was running away from authorities, is lying there. He was alone himself and had no relatives with him. They gradually became good friends as they exchanged stories over the course of the days.

Hoot is very well written by Carl Hiaasen. Roy Eberhardt moves to Florida, is the new kid at school, and meets a strange kid named Mullet Fingers. At school he gets bullied and learns about the burrowing owls that would get destroyed if the new Pancake House gets built. During the course of the school year Roy learns new things about himself. 

This book hit me right in the heart and made me shed some tears along the way. This book is
extremely well written and develops the friendship trio between the three main characters Dill,
Lydia, and Travis in the best way possible. It intertwines your emotions with each one of the
characters, and it portrays a very accurate picture of high schoolers navigating through their life
and preparing for what comes next after they graduate. It shows the journey of finding your

The BFG is a fantasy fiction book written by Roald Dahl. The BFG stands for
The Big Friendly Giant. He's not an ordinary Giant, as he learns new ways from the
humans and the Giants. He goes through many situations with a human, and he's
learning the differences of both the worlds. The main characters of The BFG, and
his Giants. Sophie and the other orphan children are also an important part of
this book. The BFG wishes to save the children from the other mean and vicious

Save Me a Seat is a fiction book written by Sarah Weeks and Gita
Varadarajan. Joe and Ravi are very different, however they have a common bully
at school. Even though they have the support of their families they need each
other's support to take control over their life, during a crazy time. Ravi and Joe
both get bullied by Dillon and try to get out of this situation in different ways.
They both wish to settle in their class, and be respected, and for things to go

This adventure fiction book by Adam Silvera was definitely one of the best books I have ever
read. It all begins when two total strangers get a call from Death Cast saying they are going to
die in the next 24 hours. Both download an app that finds them a best friend to live out the last
hours of their life. They set out on a mission to live a lifetime in one day together. This is a
wonderful book told by many different perspectives that merge into one plot for one amazing
book

Lekha has a birthmark on her forehead. It is supposed to be luck, but for
her, she would not say it is lucky. Lekha goes to a school with not many
Indians and she is always teased for her unshaved legs, permanent bindi, and
generally for being an Indian. Suddenly another Indian becomes her
neighbor. Avanthika, is a lot more confident than Lekha even though she has
an accent. This book is how she tells her story with ups and downs about
being Indian.

The Ickabog, by J. K. Rowling, is a story about love, friendship, never giving up, and a
very big monster. Daisy and Bert live in a perfect kingdom, until a man comes
complaining of the story tale Ickabog. The king investigates with a team of men. They
return with one man dead and a king terrified the Ickabog is coming for him. Daisy faces
a new home and a nasty old lady. Bert is on the run when he finds Daisy again. As they

Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings is an excellent book for adolescents about friendship and
trust-- for when thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger get entwined in a
tragedy, Brady has to decide between company and right and wrong. I love this book because it
teaches kids to do the right thing and to tell the truth no matter what. I also enjoyed this book
because of its surprising twists and turns, keeping the reader on their toes.

Squire is a story about Aiza, a girl who wishes to be a knight. Throughout all of her childhood she has struggled as she is a part of the Ornu people who were captured long ago and are not granted full citizenship. Knighthood is her only path to citizenship and her one true desire. But things are a lot harder than Aiza expected. The war isn’t as black and white as it might have seemed. Maybe she isn’t being turned into a noble knight, but just yet another killing machine.