Characters you could make your best friends.
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The characters in David Archer's books are always so believable.  You get so wrapped up in their lives and David's storyline, it is hard to put any of his books down.  I always hate when I get to the last page.
2103249
What a great bunch of characters in this sweet book.  The kind of friends we all want to know and love.  I'm so happy to hear there will be more adventures.  I can only hope and pray it will be a full book of interesting tales.

TK
2705039
This is a wonderful story about friends and family. Sometimes it takes awhile to discover how and why you make friends with a stranger, and others become your good friend right away. Also, you learn that you need to be more aware of certain characteristics that those closest to you have and you overlook them instead of appreciating them.

I really enjoyed all the twists and turns that become a special way to look at strangers and family.
90907
Interesting characters who come together in spite of their differences.
3063286
I love the characters. I laughed and cried with them. Sugar's characters are normal every day people that you would love to have as friends.
4216399
This simple story is a great book to introduce the ideas of friendships to young ones.  It shows kids what friends to for each other and what it means to be a friend without being corny. The illustrations are adorable.
2047181
Loved this book. Reminded me of the feeling of that special bond that true friendships have. Loved the characters and how each chapter was a character telling in first person about how special she felt about her friends. Loved the way the reader felt as if he/she really knew the characters and they were her own friends.
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I liked this book, in a lot of ways because I can relate to Lisa and how she kept a large part of herself hidden away from her *friends*.  I always looked at is as you have school friends, you have neighborhood friends, you have friends for different activities. But none of those friends really knew the whole you, each group only saw a glimpse of the real you.  This book gives you some great ideas on how to help create and strengthen friendships.  It is a good read and one I would really recommend.
1954093
I liked the way each character was set up and it really felt like I knew everyone of them personally. I could relate to them. I had feeling for them. Amazing story. My compliments.
3936882
About two best friends as they prepare for their high school reunion, this is a story about the power and grace of friendship. Melanie and B.J. have a friendship that we would all be blessed to have. The characters are compelling and I was engaged in their story from the start.
4082094
A charming story filled with characters that make you feel as though you have known each of them personally.  A story line that keeps you from wanting to do anything other than read each page filled with intriguing characters and making you laugh when you least expect it.
3916912
Owen and Mzee is a delightful story of unlikely friendship. It truly could be a guide to "How to be a good friend."
Although the book may have young children as its focus group, it can be beneficial to adults as well---and perhaps more so!
2680448
You won't be disappointed with this reading. Full of plot twists, love, and friendship. The sacrifices you make for a friend are well revealed here.
466356
Fun little book about making friends.  Really, that is what this book is about.  Ohyes, there is a monster, well, several monsters, not all of the good, but the good ones are good, and the bad ones are evil.  But as Sophie says, the dreamer controls the dream.

This book started out slowly.  The title makes it sound as though it is about a girl that can't dream, and in a way, that is what it is about, but it is more than that.  It isn't so much that she can't dream, but that she can create dreams, make them become real.  That is her "secret power" so to speak, and that is what the book is about.

The first thing she creates, when she is six, is Monster, a tenth allied fury creature who becomes her best friend, or rather, her only friend.

That is why I say this book is about friendship.  It is also about thinking through problems.

If you read sample chapters, and they don't go beyond the first two, it might make you not want to continue, but it picks up steam from there, and doesn't let you go.  Although I won't say what the ending is here, spoilers or not, I was pleasantly surprised, and think it made the whole book worth it, which is the whole point of a good ending.
4121407
Friendship that last because they overlooked each other's quirks. They really cared about the town. Ended up learning people are not always what they seem.
3989891
Children and pre-teens are sure to identify with this book in a world where sometimes it is hard to find good friends.  Each page will leave your child wondering how these friends will turn out to like each other.
1256123
Issie is a delightful character.  Bella is a cute little ggie.  I like the closeness between the cousins.  Brimstone is also a character that I like