friendship

Amber lives on a bus with her Mom, who drinks too much, and her very loyal dog Bobby Big Boy. She’s homeless and a self-proclaimed freak, but that doesn’t deter her unyielding optimism. She finds hope everywhere and along the way she lifts up those around her—from the old folks she visits at the nursing home to her autistic math genius best friend. Life’s tragedies keep coming at her and Amber struggles to keep her title as the Princess of Hope. If you’re feeling a little grumpy, read this because it’ll most likely cheer you up or at least make you smile.

If your name is Katherine, then there’s a good chance that Colin will find you attractive. If your name is Katherine and you’ve dated Colin Singleton, then you’ve probably dumped him. Colin--a prodigy, but not a genius--has just been dumped by his nineteenth Katherine, so he and his best friend Hassan go on a road trip, but find themselves stuck in a small town in Tennessee. It is there that Colin begins working on a mathematical formula that will predict the outcome of any relationship. If you like math, read this book.

Hazel and Augustus share a sense of humor, sarcasm, wit, love, and cancer. And once Hazel shares her favorite book, Augustus shares that too. Both read the novel multiple times, finding it comforting and frustrating—it ends mid-sentence. They love it most because the main character has cancer, but it’s not a cancer book, just like Green’s novel isn’t a cancer book.

Delaney Maxwell fell into a semi-frozen lake and was dead for eleven minutes before her best friend Dexter could save her. In those eleven minutes her life was changed forever.  She wakes up from a coma six days later with seemingly nothing wrong—but she has a strange new “ability.”  And this new ability has attracted a new friend, Troy Varga, who knows a thing or two about death. Now her parents think she could be a murderer, her doctors think she’s gone crazy, and Dexter, well, he’s finally seeing that their friendship could be something more.

Bev and Colby have been working on a post-high school plan since they were thirteen—they will travel around Europe for a year before considering college. Colby hopes that during this time he and Bev will become more than friends. But first, Colby and Bev’s all-girl, not-so-great-sounding rock band are going on a West Coast summer tour that ends up altering plans and relationships. Along the way, Colby and the girls try to document all of the trip’s memorable moments in an attempt to delay the inevitable: growing up and saying goodbye.

Looking to take a road trip this summer?  Tag along with friends (well sort of) Alice, Summer and Tiernan as they drive from Boston to Austin to catch a one-night-only show by their old favorite band, Level3, that broke up four years ago, just like their friendship. The trip is full of "interesting" adventures--skinny dipping with Santa anyone? Karmic meetings, cute Southern boys heading North for the summer and maybe, just maybe, friendship. Check out the book trailer for more.

15-year-old Austin Gray wants nothing more than to be in the No-Jesus Christmas Parade. OK, maybe she also wants Dean Ottmer to stop bullying her, her mother to talk about her father's death, and to have a quinceanera like her best friend Maribel. But at the very top of her wish list is to be the Future Farmer's of America hood ornament. One thing can guarantee her spot: her bantam. Check Our Catalog

Caitlin thought she knew everything about her best friend Ingrid. But after Ingrid commits suicide—and leaves Caitlin a farewell journal—Caitlin realizes that there was more going on in Ingrid's life than Caitlin could have ever imagined. Chronicling Caitlin's year following Ingrid's suicide, this book is emotionally raw and poetically written. Check Our Catalog