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Hand-picked Friendship Books for Children

First friendships, falling-outs, making-ups. The social weather of school years.

304 friendship books

Boy-Crazy Stacey

Ann M. Martin

Claudia and Mean Janine

Ann M. Martin

Claudia and the Bad Joke

Ann M. Martin

Claudia and the New Girl

Ann M. Martin

Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls

Ann M. Martin

Dawn and the Impossible Three

Ann M. Martin

Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye

Ann M. Martin

Hello, Mallory

Ann M. Martin

Jessi’s Secret Language

Ann M. Martin

Kristy and the Snobs

Ann M. Martin

Kristy and the Walking Disaster

Ann M. Martin

Kristy’s Big Day

Ann M. Martin

Kristy’s Great Idea

Ann M. Martin

Little Miss Stoneybrook… and Dawn

Ann M. Martin

Logan Likes Mary Anne!

Ann M. Martin

Mary Anne Saves the Day

Ann M. Martin

Mary Anne’s Bad-Luck Mystery

Ann M. Martin

Stacey’s Mistake

Ann M. Martin

The Ghost at Dawn’s House

Ann M. Martin

The Truth About Stacey

Ann M. Martin

In the Fifth at Malory Towers

Enid Blyton

Last Term at Malory Towers

Enid Blyton

Upper Fourth at Malory Towers

Enid Blyton

Wednesday and Woof: Catastrophe

Sherri Winston
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