Bad Best Friend author-Julie Buxbaum *SIGNED BOOKPLATE from KATHERINE LOCKE*

*SIGNED BOOKPLATE from KATHERINE LOCKE*

yet with a universality that embraces all children and their parents

and supernatural salons

to Dutch settlers

Emily’s brother

Bad Best Friend author-Julie Buxbaum *SIGNED BOOKPLATE from KATHERINE LOCKE*Niki Ames cant wait to start eighth grade, that all important year before high school. She and her best friend Ava have shared so many plans for the coming year. But then the unthinkable happens: at gym class pair up, Ava chooses someone else to be her partner. Niki is devastated. Its clear that Ava wants to be part of the popular group, leaving Niki behind. Niki has to decide who her real friends should be, where her real interests lie. Meanwhile,