The Year of the Book, 1

In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.

When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot--constant companionship and insight into her changing world.

Books, however, can't tell Anna how to find a true friend. She'll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes' One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 05/22/2012
ISBN: 9780547684635
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 04/02/2012 pg. 57
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2012 pg. 79
School Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 96
Booklist 05/15/2012 pg. 57
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2012
New York Times Book Review 09/02/2012 pg. 22
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 52 - Superior,Well Above Average
BookPage 06/01/2012

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 151332 / Year of the Book
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3