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One True Friend

One True Friend Hardcover - 2001

by Joyce Hansen

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title One True Friend
  • Author Joyce Hansen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0395849837I3N00
  • ISBN 9780395849835 / 0395849837
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.72 x 6.6 x 0.69 in (22.15 x 16.76 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Reading level 720
  • Library of Congress subjects Friendship, African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001028483
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Amir has finally landed in a good place. His new foster parents, the Smiths, are loving and kind, and he has been reunited with his youngest brother, whom the Smiths have raised since babyhood. Amir knows he should be happy, but he is uncomfortable around the Smiths, and his little brother doesn’t even remember him. If only Amir could find the rest of the siblings he was separated from when his parents died, perhaps he would feel more at ease. Luckily, he has someone he can open his heart to—his friend Doris, who lives in his old Bronx neighborhood. The two of them share all their feelings and concerns in frequent letters. But when Doris writes Amir that a friend has been experimenting with drugs, unpleasant memories rise to the surface of his mind. In this long-awaited companion to The Gift-Giver and Yellow Bird and Me, Amir not only must find a way to come to terms with his family’s past, but he must also determine where his true home is.

Media reviews

[A] good-hearted and honest treatment of kids' feelings as they cope with their own separate challenges.
Kirkus Reviews

[T]he focus and strength of the book is in its quiet and gentle story that explores the nature of friendship and family. The story is well crafted, and the characters are skillfully and sympathetically drawn.
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

This is a warm and gently treatment of a kid's struggle to find a family.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Hansen has written a touching story of a young boy's struggle with a painful past and a scary future. . . . Both sad and hopeful, this story dramatizes the struggle for survival, the primal pull of family, and the gift of "one true friend." Booklist, ALA