Best friends for never

By Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Subjects: Superstition, Moving, household, fiction, Household Moving, Friendship, fiction, Middle schools, Massachusetts, fiction, Social Themes, Schools, fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, JUVENILE FICTION, Children's fiction, Harvest festivals, Juvenile fiction, Festivals, fiction, Schools, Friendship

Description: Twelve-year-old Hattie grew up in Brooklyn, so her family's move to a small town in Massachusetts required a lot of adjustments, but by the time sixth-grade starts she has several new friends--but when she somehow invokes the harvest festival jinx, suddenly none of her new friends even recognize her, and she must find a way to break the spell.