Best Friend Next Door

Printz Honor and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Carolyn Mackler brings honesty and charm to this story of a friendship between two girls.<br><br> Meet Hannah. Her name is a palindrome. Her birthday is on New Year's. She wishes she had a cat. She's medium height and a little awkward. Her life has NOT been fun lately -- her dad and stepmom are having a baby and, worst of all, her best friend next door just moved away. Now a new girl is here, taking over her best friend's bedroom . . . and her own identity.<br> <br> Meet Emme. Her name is a palindrome. Her birthday is on New Year's. She loves her enormous orange cat. She's so short that last week she was mistaken for a kindergartner. She's found moving hard . . . but at least there's the girl next door, Hannah. Maybe they'll become friends?<br> <br> While Hannah and Emme are alike in so many ways, they're also different in some wrong ways, too. Is this the perfect friendship . . . or a recipe for disaster?<br> <br> From award-winning writer Carolyn Mackler comes a funny, smart story about finding out who your best friends are, in good times and bad.<br>