When Friendship Followed Me Home
Seventh-grader Ben, always an outsider, is led into a deep friendship with Halley, who is being treated for cancer, by the special dog he and his adoptive mother take in.
Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as a goodbye. Ben prefers to spend his time with the characters in his favorite sci-fi books…until he rescues an abandoned mutt from the alley next-door to the Coney Island Library. Scruffy little Flip leads Ben to befriend a fellow book-lover named Halley—yes, like the comet—a girl unlike anyone he has ever met. Ben begins thinking of her as “Rainbow Girl” because of her crazy-colored clothes and her laugh, pure magic, the kind that makes you smile away the stormiest day. Rainbow Girl convinces Ben to write a novel with her. But as their story unfolds Ben's life begins to unravel, and Ben must discover for himself the truth about friendship and the meaning of home.
| SKU | 116294 |
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| ISBN | 9780147510068 |
| Language | English |
| Page Count | 272 |
| Product Type | Paperback Books |
| Book Type | Middle Grade Novels |
| Primary Contributor | Paul Griffin |
| Age Groups | Ages 10 to 12, Ages 13 to 15 |
| Publisher | PRH - Penguin Random House |