Like Best Friends with an essay by Rebecca Arnold and introductory texts by Laura Avedon and the myth of the

and the myth of the perfect life

“An enthusiastic

Beige is Not a Color is the antithesis of bland and as aspirational as it is inspirational

” —Booklist (starred review)

Ollie’s finally able to put Hollis in his place and be a star

Like Best Friends with an essay by Rebecca Arnold and introductory texts by Laura Avedon and the myth of theBoy meets girl in this story of reluctant friendship that introduces young readers to the concept of similes Summer drags, like a book that starts out good, then isnt. The boy is bored, like a frog waiting for a fly to buzz by. So the boy hops on his bike and heads for the playground, where he finds a girl on a swing who beckons him to join her. At first, the boy is reluctant, but soon they are having fun like best friends, like characters in a book