The Friendship Bracelet (Friendship Bracelet Series #1) by Arlene Stewart | eBook

As a class klutz and all-around misfit, Olivia Jones' life is tough enough. Then her best friend Alex reveals that her family is moving all the way to Paris! How is Olivia supposed to face middle school without her BFF? But when Olivia discovers an old friendship bracelet in her mother's drawer, she realizes that it might just be the key to stay connected to Alex, even when they're an entire ocean apart. And with the creation of a new friendship bracelet club, it might even be the key to making new friends too...

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"Tween readers will enjoy getting acquainted with this cast of characters and will relate to how they deal with change, friendship, and crushes. Middle graders will love diving into this series that features plenty of recent pop culture references and accessible dialogue and will find themselves transported to the world of Katonah, NY. A good option for those looking for upbeat realistic fiction" - School Library Journal

"The Friendship Bracelet is a fun, engaging, and heartfelt book" - The Story Monsters

School Library Journal

06/01/2017
Gr 4–6—In this first book in a new series aimed at preteens, Olivia must learn how to navigate middle school without her childhood best friend, who moves to Paris the summer before they start middle school. Olivia's mom suggests a way the two can stay connected: friendship bracelets. New bonds begin to develop in Olivia's world, and the bracelets connect them all. Tween readers will enjoy getting acquainted with this cast of characters and will relate to how they deal with change, friendship, and crushes. Middle graders will love diving into this series that features plenty of recent pop culture references and accessible dialogue and will find themselves transported to the world of Katonah, NY. VERDICT A good option for those looking for upbeat realistic fiction.—April Sanders, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL

Kirkus Reviews

2017-04-17
When her best friend announces that she is moving to Paris, 11-year-old Olivia's life looks bleak, but new friends, a new crush, and a new project suggest that when life seems to be unraveling, it is just time to add some new thread. Olivia helps out in her mother's craft store in between playing tennis, taking care of her golden retriever, and going to day camp, but even she cannot compete with Ethan Fleckman's obsession with friendship bracelets. When Ethan starts a service club aimed at helping patients in the local hospital pass the time weaving friendship bracelets, Olivia is thrilled. But she soon finds that bringing together different personalities is hard work. Add in a monster case of poison ivy, the school mean girls, and braces, and Olivia wishes more than ever than she had her best friend by her side. Clunky dialogue, one-dimensional characters, and a meandering plot are only a few of this story's problems. Opportunities for intrigue and growth pass without a glance, while lengthy passages where nothing significant happens are the norm. The primary characters are largely white, with diversity evidently limited to an Asian friend named Mu Mu who likes Chinese food as much as Olivia does. Wooden and wordy. (Fiction. 8-12)

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