| 单词 | best friend |
| 例句 | I saw my best friend’s fist raised, his standard greeting when he couldn’t be bothered because his nose was buried in a book. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They’d been best friends from an early age, spending hours together building forts out of cushions and blankets in their Annandale living room. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “To quote one of my absolute best friends in the world, ‘Rules were made to be broken.’” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I know him in the same way you know your best friend’s cousin: by name and face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Or was it that Jeremy murdered her without his best friend knowing about it? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z With one of my best friends, Paola Pliego, waiting for the next round of matches to begin in Panama City, Panama. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Tears fill my eyes, and I yell, “Why don’t you try killing one of your best friends and then dealing with the consequences?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d been in a professional kitchen with my best friends, Jasmine and Maya, as we baked and decorated chocolate fudge cupcakes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Just like he belonged there and I was his best friend. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper smiles at me like we are best friends. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides that, it sounded like a best friends’ activity. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “It’s nearly time to eat. I’m glad you’re back. You are my best friend and my war brother.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Percy, you know who you remind me of most? Thalia. You guys are so much alike it’s scary. I mean, either you would’ve been best friends or you would’ve strangled each other.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “The guy I punched, it was Adam—my ex Max’s best friend—and on my first day back, he played the sound of a baby crying on his phone.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They all knew he was her best friend. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On the field, Walker ran side by side with his teammate in the backfield and best friend, Byron Miles. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yep, if I believed in magic, in ghosts, then I think maybe I was rising on the shoulders of my dead grandmother and Eugene, my dad’s best friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z His best friends, Antoine and Louis, both had black hair and liked to pretend they were brothers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She and Olga were practically best friends, and I was the odd daughter out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There’s a prime number in the title, and the words best friend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So now I had no mother and I had no best friend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe you. Keeping something this big from me. I thought you were my best friend.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Well, at least in between him pretending to be our best friend,” she added. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s funny, too, because boys and girls normally weren’t best friends around my school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It was at that point that I had to, contrary to my normal behavior, hug my brother’s best friend. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Carolyn Malone was Stella’s best friend, and not only that, their birthdays were just three days apart. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He and Christopher, his best friend, used to play with lightsabers and Star Wars stuff whenever they got together, and they had both started growing their braids at the same time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z It’s the worst thing in the world that my best friends don’t live near me, and therefore I have no one to ride the bus with. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Aquilla, standing on the stage, looks calm, almost serene—strange for a girl holding the ax that’s to take off her best friend’s head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Well, he used to be my best friend.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Although I was sure he’d cried before, like when his eyes were bloodshot after his best friend had died, Dad had never shed real tears in front of me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But Nenny says she doesn’t want to eat at school— ever—because she likes to go home with her best friend Gloria who lives across the schoolyard. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Tao has been my best friend since we were ten, and a loyal one at that. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I know Rowdy is your best friend, but he’s, he’s, he’s, he’s —Mr. P stuttered. He wasn’t sure what to say or do. “You know that Rowdy’s dad hits him, don’t you?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was quite a compliment to me, as a matter of fact, to have such a person choose me for his best friend. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On the TV screen, a girl and a boy plotted to set their best friends up on a date. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “No problem. Just thought I could vent with my best friend about the weekend everyone found out we’re gay. Obviously not.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “She was my best friend. When we fled from Lithuania, my father repeatedly told me not to leave anything or speak to anyone. But I couldn’t leave without saying good-bye to Lina.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was going to live with Sirius Black, his parents’ best friend.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “But none of that means Trevor or any of Flush actually know you. You talk about them like they’re your best friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z To be someone’s best friend requires a minimum investment of time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So his mom drove him thirty miles to try out for another club, and now the most dangerous player on the rival soccer club also happens to be your best friend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “A girl can’t plan for her first dance without her best friend. Plus, I need to mend some fences.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z And as Courtney Cooper’s best friend of over a decade, I can see in the set of his jaw and his slightly narrowed eyes—it bothers him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Didn’t that make me a traitor to my best friend? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I am not one to let somebody pound on my best friend’s scrawny back. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z All the dreams this city holds right outside—just step through the door and walk two doors down to where my new best friend, Maria, lives. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a boy, and he was your best friend. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Look, I’m not saying we became best friends or anything. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z As usual, Tao, my best friend, is sitting on a bench with his nose in a book. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My best friend’s hair was like a bush of thick black wires. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Kelly, George’s best friend, wore her hair in braids and smelled like oranges and pencil shavings. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z It’s quite the predicament: wanting to touch and hug and kiss a white girl after a white man shot him and killed his best friend? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to talk about that with my best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was almost ten years younger than me, but our paths always crossed during World Cups, and soon we became best friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “My best friend, Amy, across the street is having a sleepover party for her birthday and wants to know if I can go. Can I?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Me and Angel are going to be best friends forever.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t like to give away trade secrets but since you’re my best friend I’ll let you in on it. It can start off this way. Now this is just hypothetical, you realize.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “My best friend is dating someone from here. We’re only visiting tonight.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I have friends there, Mom. They’re just not my best friends. It’s not like I go to school and sit all by myself in the cafeteria. I’m fine,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t his best friend have inherited a school-smart brain from his father, the teacher? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “His birth mother died. One of his second mothers died later, and he lost his best friend, and then his daughter. Like you said, lots of sad things.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z She knew as I did that when your best friend draws a gun on you, he usually has lost all control of his emotions, and he intends to shoot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I cranked up a grin while I rammed my elbow back into my best friend’s chest. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Good morning, Mrs. Predmore!” she called, smiling her big wide-mouth smile as if Mrs. P. was her best friend and like she hadn’t seen her in a week. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jackie told me she had seen my best friend, Alvina, at the movies with some girls from our Girl Scout troop. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “But look at me. I’m gay, dude. And your best friend. Right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She said this about her own best friend. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “We used to be best friends. Are you jealous?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the month I spent my lunch hours working on English with Mr. Lema, my best friend at school. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And being best friends is always about the benefit of the doubt. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z You'd think that every single person who called was his best friend in the whole world. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He was my best friend in the whole world, and he’s probably king of Australia by now. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I know you’d tell me if something was wrong,” she says, “because best friends tell each other everything, right?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I have never had trouble saying best friend to Julia before. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Around the age of ten, I was held by surprise listening to my best friend tell me one day that he ‘hated’ his father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was worried that I’d probably lost the best friend a guy ever had. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not every day your town throws a parade for your only daughter and her two best friends.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Dude. Have you met him? Isn’t he supposed to be your best friend or whatever? He’s gay. Like, Fire-Island-on-the-Fourth-of-July gay. Did you really not know?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For example, when we got back to the apartment after The Phantom of the Opera, she greeted me as if I were the best friend she had ever had. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He was more than Joe’s chosen brother, he was his best friend, and they hunted through and worked in most of Vesper County. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the best feeling in the world to know that your best friends still love you, no matter what. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z After that, I will somehow pull myself away from my best friend and her daughter, and I will have to go and live. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As Chester drove Wendell, Kirk, and me to church that fateful Sunday, I thought about my best friend, Cynthia Wesley. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He is a white magician” said the Wait “You need not be afraid of him. He is my best friend, your majesty, and in any case he generally gets his spells muddled up.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam complained to her best friend, Redemption, as they left the school. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z All this time, I thought Trevor was one of my best friends. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But I had to stand eventually, and when I did, I knew that my best friend had become my worst enemy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And no matter what the reason is, it’s not enough of a reason, because you don’t lie like that about your best friend. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “We can be best friends. It’s just that I’ve never had a girl best friend before. Or any best friend besides my brother, I guess.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The book was about three best friends who’d do anything for each other. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z You know how it’s sometimes possible to hate your best friend’s guts? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, I knew Siobhan. She was one of my best friends.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They laughed and told stories about Leo Valdez, their best friend. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In all the past Ravenskillian Black Moon Ceremonies she’d researched in preparation, not one showed an example of best friends sorted into different covens. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I just want to see my best friend one last time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My best friend doesn’t call me Songbird—he uses my real name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His best friend, Jay, huddled next to him. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z “And I,” she drew in a deep, heavy breath, “I am Rachel. I am going to be your best friend.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a good best friend the whole time they were recording the interview. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z First my best friend, and now my sister. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maddie and I were best friends in 5th grade, and our moms have known each other forever. She’s also wicked smart.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Things have changed since I came out. I knew they would, but—I don’t know. I didn’t expect my best friends to exit stage left.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Her best friend, Janie, used to even make fun of her for all of her mnemonic devices. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sasha’s best friend was Michael, a tall, gangly kid with sandy-blond hair and thick glasses who always wore a gray beanie and a green army jacket. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You guys! This is what I get for having three boys as my best friends.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z It's like everyone's got a best friend or brother in the pool of runners. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And I still had my best friend Benny. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Usually in summer I do lots of things by myself because my best friend, Melissa, spends the whole vacation in California with her dad. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to say goodbye to my dad and my best friend.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I wish my best friend was as quick on this front. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Seamus gave a great roar of delight and ran to hug his best friend. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The fact that she has to ask makes me feel like the worst best friend ever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Here was Baba and his best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, standing outside our house, neither one smiling—I am a baby in that photograph and Baba is holding me, looking tired and grim. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He really could have used Nora’s nonplussed approach in this situation, or, really, just his best friend’s company. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “How can I not? I thought you were my best friend.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Jus has been listening to his music a lot since he woke up without a best friend. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He shared the occasional meal with roommates in his group apartment, but he did not have a girlfriend or a best friend. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Stick and I stood up to greet Father’s best friends. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Gale owned the Dodge agency and Mrs. Gale was my mother’s best friend. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s sort of strange, but Dad is just as much my best friend as Lidia is. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But maybe I could wish for a new best friend. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Percy, you’re my best friend. You’ve seen me underground. In that Cyclops’s cave. Do you really think I could ...” His voice faltered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Second, she’s been my best friend practically my whole life,” he says, bringing me back to the present. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z That is, if Soojin even considers me her best friend any more. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Or, “Starr saw her best friend die, keep her in your prayers, but my baby made the honor roll again. #Blessed.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z My father thinks she is turning me into a white girl, because she’s my best friend and I hang out with her all the time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If we had stayed in Iran, I think Reza would have been my number one best friend. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Grover, his best friend, had protected Percy for almost a year before Percy even realized he was a demigod, and Grover had almost gotten killed by the Minotaur. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had never been someone’s best friend before. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z George kneels on the ground next to his best friend and stroking his soft ear and whispering his words, finally looks at Ray’s chest too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Maybe if Thomas heard my voice, then he’d remember our promise of “best friends forever.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Miles and Henry were hanging out with Amos all the time now, like they switched best friends. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z As a result of Junior Scandals, Paul Takagi became my new best friend. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Ammu had told them the story of Julius Caesar and how he was stabbed by Brutus, his best friend, in the Senate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So when Wilsie left Guam he was not just leaving behind little Johnny, but also one of the best friends he’d ever had. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The men in my life, my best friend, and my favorite teacher. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Wednesday: I thought we were best friends, dude. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z June left us alone, so I could talk to my best friends on my own. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His best friend’s head was thrown back over the seat in frustration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z To be honest, Blake hated me more, but he hated Cade by association since we were best friends. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “But once I picked Serenity up, and she told me about some recent drama—I’m glad I only recommended one of your best friends.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was about to play the biggest basketball game of my life and all I could think about was my dad’s dead best friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “No matter what happens,” Seven said, “I am proud of us and happy we got to be best friends.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His mom and his dad were still his best friends, and they could be fun to hang out with. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I tell Calvin, “Don’t know if you heard about him. But Benny Kilmartin is a boy from here. From Merrimack. He was my best friend. And...well...it is horrible-sad...but Benny is dead.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “El,” she continues, using my nickname for my best friend, “you’ve got to come back and try this stuff on.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z No one’s here—it’s just the two of us, and hasn’t Jasmine always been my best friend? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “They had my best friend in there—you were in her cell. She was there for two months.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Her best friend, untangling herself in the back of the plane, shivered with dread and love. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z ‘But look at all you’ve accomplished,’ his best friend said to him once. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But if she were, she would’ve told all her loved ones, unlike her best friend, who didn’t come out and tell her he’s dying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That they had apparently once been best friends? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A phone with Caller ID, best friend of the occasionally delinquent bill payer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All of this is for my own good, because they are my best friends and they want to help me improve. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Amanda has been my best friend ever since the time I lied about Joon dying and she gave me a Lifesaver, but that does not mean I tell her everything. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But what if I’d never had the opportunity to be her best friend at all? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I told him Ella was the best friend I ever had. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And when my mom sees my best friend standing there with a big get-well teddy bear, she looks at me, then waves her in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In less than a month she’d come to feel like they were best friends. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As I step over the threshold, I feel I am entitled to happiness, even if my best friend is acting weird and making me paranoid. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “That’s the way I do business. When those tax fellows come poking around, canceled checks are your best friend.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and Peaches have been best friends for as long as I can remember but wrong is wrong and everybody knows what God don’t like. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Respect your immortal best friend and tell me what’s happening. I didn’t go to hell and back to not be kept in the loop.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But I feel awful that Soojin’s family is having this big moment after waiting for so long, and I’m not even talking to my best friend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The truth is my best friend had never been to Las Vegas and it seemed like a good idea at the time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He spent mornings in class and afternoons training with his best friend, Payton Jordan. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Enough said—especially about Lena, who was my best friend. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When one enters his kitchen to find his mother, father, and best friend all seated in front of a stack of uneaten pancakes, he knows that something strange has happened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z What if the universe always wanted us to meet and stay in each other’s lives forever as best friends? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Thomas and I were best friends. He was like a brother.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z One of the few traces that Poe, my wonderful best friend, Poe, had even filled it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Birkway liked this passage because it showed that even though someone might be our best friend, he or she could still drive us crazy. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Of course Aaron needs to know! He’s your best friend!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The very familiarity of his bad manners was a relief, because for a long time after the accident had happened, even Will’s best friends had acted differently around him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Witches could sound like Katharine Hepburn and your best friend could try to strangle you. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Gates’s best friend at Lakeside was Paul Allen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And once she started, there was no stopping, Not until the story of her best friend and his dog was told, and told right. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She had a home to live in, and a family that loved her, and two new best friends who were foolish and brave and wonderful. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Not only that, but all the kids at school would think I was a snitch if I told on my two best friends. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “You’ve been mad all this time because I picked my best friend? And you thought retaliating by calling us horrible and hurtful names would fix things?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Dolly Parton, my dead aunt, our favorite holidays, best friends, and a handshake. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “She was my best friend’s girlfriend since we were like thirteen.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My best friend was sitting right there, grinning at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You’re my best friend,” was all I could say in return. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Izzy and our other best friend, Paige, had also enrolled at UCSC, so I took some comfort in knowing I wouldn't be surrounded by strangers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Because I'm not the girl who wears crop tops and short skirts and looks like one of Taylor Swift’s best friends. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was his best friend, his hero and teacher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I should have told him then that he was my best friend also and rounded off what he had said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A vision of her best friend floated across Jam’s mind: his smile, his wrapped hands after fight training. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We stayed best friends until we moved to Long Beach Polytechnic. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But my best friend, Gale Hawthorne, and his family will be depending on today’s haul and I can’t let them down. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Used to be that people would ask if it was hard having two best friends. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He thought about his two best friends who’d died last year. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, we’re best friends. I don’t want to ruin it. It’s better this way.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Okay, so Peaches was sad and walking around like she lost her best friend, which is me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the mostly white neighborhood Ma moved us to, my best friend is black. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear the thought of my two best friends knowing how desperate my situation was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The monster hunched over, snuffling my best friend, as if he were about to lift Grover up and make him dissolve too. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I took two little girls with me, my daughter, Nanny, and her best friend, Allison Mitchell. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His best friend, Derric Evans, was an even better football player than Gary was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “At his place. His best friends just surprised us—flew in from Georgia. They’re apparently dating too.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They have been through a war together because of race and religion, and they are still best friends. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z After all, Call had always been my best friend, but, I said to myself, one must face facts however unpleasant. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know him well enough, not yet, and he wasn’t my best friend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Together, the two have laughed and cried, as if they’ve been best friends their entire lives. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “So, are you going to tell me why you punched your ex-boyfriend’s best friend and why your parents didn’t ground you for it and why you don’t come to school anymore?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Bestie and best friend take the exact same amount of time to say. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z My speech about Mom in the bathroom, cowritten by my best friend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I was with my best friend, and no one could hurt me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A girl who worries if her best friend is mad at her. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They came with woolen caps and names given to them by their mothers, or grandmothers, or somebody’s best friend. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Do you remember who his best friend was?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I’m sure. She’s been to all of my birthday parties. Our moms are best friends.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Standing in the downstairs hall, where there is a coat tree—“You’ve never seen a coat tree?”—she says I am her best friend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “They didn't show the man's face in focus. Did you notice? Even your best friends couldn't tell if it was you. They scrambled it just enough to let the imagination take over. Hell,” he whispered. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just my two best friends. And my girlfriend,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Your best friend dumps you for someone better. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The thing that really got me was when I got to school, no one, I mean not even Ms. G or even my best friend, had any idea that I was drunk. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until her best friend and neighbor from the Arkansas retirement complex came through that we figured out what was going on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z "No. Don't do that. The bulls are my best friends." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But she had never had a best friend. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “The guy that I punched? It was his best friend.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Momma and Ms. Rosalie’s youngest daughter, Tammy, were best friends growing up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “They say they have no jobs, but they mean they have no jobs for a boy like me. Everyone there is someone’s cousin or brother or best friend’s son.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It's my new best friend, Claudius Templesmith, and as I expected, he's inviting us to a feast. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Jam let her mother kiss her cheek, and then she hopped out of the car and into her best friend’s arms. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He would admire her and count her as his very best friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I want to shout, “Command!” and tell Julia she has to stay best friends with us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Except back then she had her childhood best friend to talk her down. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Not how you feel when your grandmother—who also happens to be your best friend—dies. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had simply assumed that because we were best friends and our names were so similar, the same family would adopt both of us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I wanted to walk by myself...he was my best friend. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We were best friends, almost like sisters, but she was the pretty one with her beautiful complexion and long gold-red hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been friends since forever, but super best friends since third grade, when we got partnered for a group project. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z We’re not best friends or anything, but we don’t feel like enemies, either. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I know that best friends are supposed to fight, but El and I never get into it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In 1901, the company had sent Miss Love and her best friend out to a big store in Texas. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We were about eight, and we were still best friends. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Jess lay in bed, the note from her lost best friend clutched tight in her hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The best friend a person has,” he would say at that time, “is one who has just died.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “It’s such a pleasure to make the acquaintance of Louisiana’s best friend,” said the grandmother to Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Our near romance started when one of my best friends, Rebecca, invited me to go to a weekend sleepaway camp with her youth group. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I mean, we weren’t best friends or anything, and he was mostly a psycho who I was definitely gonna part ways with the second we got to Mexico, but still. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I tune back in to listen to Emily talking about her best friend at camp, who lives in Lansing, Michigan. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Mom: You were best friends for nine years. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “He’s not a stranger. He’s easily my second best friend.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Harpooner has to be good, but his best friend is luck, that’s what Dad used to say. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Without the agony of the last few months, Piper never would have found her best friends, Hazel and Annabeth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And even though he had every bit of what he was going through coming to him, he was still my best friend. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Her best friend, I thought, but not best enough for her to want to go to the emergency room and stay alive. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z WGrayson7: i like to be on call for all of my best friend's ex-boyfriends, willupleasebequiet: it takes a village to date tiny cooper. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Maybe since there were so few kids in our town we did things differently, because even though Bunny was a girl the size of one of Santa’s little helpers she was still my best friend. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But no longer being best friends didn’t make us enemies. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Because that’s the thing about best friends: they just get you. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was my best friend, so it was my job to make him happy. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’m your best friend,” the right face said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s true. I don’t know how I’d have turned out without you being my best friend.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to—I don’t give them any benefit of the doubt. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He’d get in that plane with his best friend of years and years and take off—never looking back. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Seven shook her head as she stared at the witch who was supposed to be her best friend, and white-hot rage filled her body. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mary Hudson sat down between me and a boy named Edgar something, whose uncle’s best friend was a bootlegger. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Do you mean to say your best friend is not a Jew?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But my best friend predicts I will choose the person who I think I “can’t survive without.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z What flooded Sarai was the emotion of everyone ever left behind, every family member or fiancé, childhood sweetheart or best friend who could do nothing but surrender as their loved one was taken up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "He's dead now. He used to be my best friend years ago." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I’m not so sure about this “new best friend, old best friend” deal. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My best friend lied about me, and my girlfriend doesn’t like me anymore. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Ivy didn’t know who the girl was, but she wasn’t Layla, and she wasn’t her best friend, Taryn, or any of the other girls at school, who lately only wanted to talk about boys. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We howled, we roared, we rolled on the ground, and before I even found out the dude’s name, I knew we were going to be best friends. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Spending an hour with my best friend, Thomas, video-chatting last night had seemed to fly by in a minute. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But I told one of my best friends, even though I wasn't planning to, and it was awkward and weird and really kind of nice. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He was waving like we were best friends. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They started talking about clothes, makeup, and unfortunate fashion choices of the rich and famous, and that was that—best friends forever! I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And that’s why he named his son—my best friend—after you both. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Grace shrugged, like it was a totally casual thing to have a baby and forget to tell your best friend that you were returning to school. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They are not my best friends or even my friends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They’ve been best friends for years, and for some reason, they invite me to sit with them at lunch. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Brittany—she’s my new best friend—she says her father says the strong will survive and everyone else will die and the world will be better because everyone’ll be strong,” Julie said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At least then Leo would have some idea of how to help his best friend. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now her best friend’s neighborhood felt like another planet. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It was best friends or sworn enemies with no filler in between. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Of course, Addie and I were actually “together” since before either of us can remember because our moms were best friends when we were born, so we became best friends, too. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Maya and Lauren are either best friends or worst enemies,” Diane said, picking up her wineglass and then setting it down while Maya took a bite of chicken. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As soon as Kim showed up on the scene, everyone assumed we’d be best friends just because we were both dark, quiet, studious, and, at least outwardly, serious. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder, for an instant, how I can be so mean to my best friend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This is the story of how my best friend disappeared. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I had friends and a best friend to sit with at lunch. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It has my best friend’s name on it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I usually got a ride to school with my best friend, Ben Starling, but Ben had gone to school on time, making him useless to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was her best friend; it was Redemption. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z To her surprise, she was eager to tell him what was going on; it had been hard doing all of this without her best friend. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But then we got older and Twig’s parents got “amicably separated” and we learned which topics to avoid, because sometimes that’s what best friends do, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My best friend is really good because all he talks about are the Dolphins and video games, so we talk all the time but he doesn’t even know what refugees are. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There isn’t anyone else I would want for a best friend. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But she’s my friend—my best friend—and if I don’t tell her now, then when? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Rat Kiley had lost his best friend in the world. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s been Vincent's best friend for most of the last fifteen years, ever since they made a pledge to each other on a walk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Monday, January 14 Dear best friend Little Book, Back at school after the holidays, and I am so homesick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex was twisted around in his school bus seat, talking to his two best friends in the row behind him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Hilly and Elizabeth and I have been best friends since Power Elementary. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’d decided that Mom and Principal Rivera would probably be best friends if they ever met. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z All the best friends I had, I always fought, then got to like them after the wounds healed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Sounds like she lost one of her best friends. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I laughed along with Finny, my best friend, and also unique, able to get away with anything at all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Warren doesn’t know about this. It’s one of the few places we can’t get into. My aunt’s best friend’s cousin said they’ve caught every kit sent here.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She and Rab were the best friends he had ever had. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mei-li and the cave and getting chased by the cops and Mong saying I was his best friend and then going swimming and me staring through the Mexican border at the kid selling clay suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Miguel picked up the thread: “‘a book is man’s best friend.’” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Really. But don’t tell Dylan. He doesn’t believe in multiple best friends, and he might hire someone to make you go missing.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Cristina was my best friend, Frank. You are family to me.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was best friends with a boy who lived in the apartment below. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sure she was trying to make herself feel better. What can I say, Jupes? Despite your preferences, these girls can’t seem to handle the fact that I have a gorgeous female best friend.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He never flogged me, thank goodness, but I was given a vivid description of one of these ceremonies by my best friend at Repton, whose name was Michael. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Her entire face flushed with color as she gazed at her alleged best friend with cold-blooded murder in her wide, rabid eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Colin pushed aside his fatigue and rushed up to his best friend. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Was it lingering affection for the man or fear of exposure as his once best friend that caused Dumbledore to hesitate? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In my box were three letters, two branded with the logos of colleges, and one from Justin, my best friend back in the Bronx. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Beyond here though, we’re no longer best friends, just...I don’t know. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I always thought that Gram was my best friend in the world. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I knew Loma was fixing to say “If only he hadn’t got Miss Love’s best friend in trouble and had to marry her.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was six months after my best friend, Bluford Jackson, got firecrackers for Christmas and burned his hand on one and died of lockjaw ten days later. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Aaron was a real friend; I guess I’d call him my best friend. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t care if it drawed attention to me or not, Cooter’s my best friend and I knowed he’d do the same for me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My best friends from college—Shannon, Kaya, and Philip—stayed in touch and tried to encourage me, but I was lost. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “My best friend. I love you, Ivy. I really do.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Our moms are best friends, and the three of them were pregnant with us at the same time. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And I fought with my best friend over money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Sneaky’s my best friend and all, but right now I feel like dumping a spoonful of ketchup on his brand-new shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He was more like a brother than a best friend. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “He has his best friend, and I should have mine too.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z My parents and my best friends were not. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Like she is caught in her own replay of how our ex—best friend kissed her boyfriend. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for my brother and Reggie both, the bird showed up at first light the following morning and waited outside the pen for his breakfast and morning grooming from his best friend. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Kelly took her best friend by the hand and escorted her back to her room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z How could she, Elena, stand by and let someone ruin her best friend’s happiness? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You became best friends with Twig, and I couldn’t compete with that. Like, the second you saw her, you thought she was so shiny and awesome and whatever, so what was I supposed to do?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I think about telling my best friend, Pete, about this place. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I was your best friend,” Daniel says, shooting up from his hunched-over stance. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And Souma the donkey became my best friend; we were inseparable. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z But it wouldn’t do, what with the romance I was playing out in the arena, to have my best friend be Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z These successes were meant to be shared with my best friend. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But the thought of not being able to tell my best friend that my paw was caught in the trap was too sad. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Stalin got his emotional support from his colleague and best friend, Sergey Kirov, the swashbuckling head of the Communist Party in Leningrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure I finally figured out what was so bad about having a famous TV star for a best friend. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I don't bring it up, either—the reasons are too complicated to explain, even to my best friend. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Civil rights was “a moral issue,” Johnson was declaring to everybody—while his best friend was the Southern racist who led the civil rights opposition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like him either. So, is he like your new best friend?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z This time tomorrow, Lidia will put up a status about her best friend passing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Talking to anyone just seemed to make her angry, and we weren’t exactly best friends. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I draw cartoons of my mother and father; my sister and grandmother; my best friend, Rowdy; and everybody else on the rez. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been best friends for years now, but I don’t always get her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But the truth is, I can feel my best friend pulling away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I bought some beautiful earrings at a traditional shop for my best friend Cait. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A girl she recognized from her class, one who always ignored her and whose name she couldn’t remember, was chosen—and then her best friend was too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z "Yeah. He used to be my best friend." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a little girl I had three best friends who happened to be Chinese, African American, and Caucasian. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z What I really needed was to talk to my best friends. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z No. I will not kill my oldest, best friend. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Last week, my best friend Oscar got really sick. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Kimberly and Molly, who are best friends but very competitive with each other, and Sara, who is quiet and very serious. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I am sensing that this was the last time Owen had a best friend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Two best friends meeting on the street to say so many things at once: I betrayed you, I love you, I want to save you, I’m sorry. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I gritted my teeth, forcing the name of my best friend back into my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Why is it so hard for people to understand that I’m not doing anything wrong by hanging out with my best friends? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But maybe I can go further back, to a less complicated time when cute was an accurate description of my grandfather and Mabel was simply my best friend. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She had lost her best friend, Reiko, even before Papa renounced. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Even if my best friend is gay, being all cuddled up with her while I have a girlfriend is obviously a no-go, but now that I’m free, I get to have This again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But three days before I started ninth grade, I went to juvenile court to testify against my two best friends, who had been charged with second-degree murder. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I like hanging out with you. A lot. The summer is always my favorite. You’re my best friend. I’m really sorry.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I saw so many familiar faces, including two of my best friends from the refugee camp, Inge and Desire. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Her best friend and number one acolyte, Cynthia, asks her if someone died. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My reason is different: I don't trust Ma to welcome my best friend. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sierra almost burst into tears knowing that her best friend was still alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Amos won the medal for overall excellence in sports, which I was really happy about because, ever since the nature retreat, I considered Amos to be like one of my best friends in school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z We’ve said no more than a handful of words to each other and she knows a secret so big that I’ve not even told my best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z ‘You became pregnant by a man who has promised to marry you. The man goes off with another woman, your best friend; you get an abortion.’ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I hoped more than anything that I had the chance to go to school with Abby, to keep her as a best friend, to stay. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it makes me a total grouch, but I don’t need another best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’ve been your best friend for years. Of course I know where your parents hide the spare key.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Why, Felicia?” her best friend, Herminia, beseeched her, all the while rubbing Felicia’s forehead with herbs behind the nurse’s back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “The distance can be tough, but we work around it with phone calls, emails, and visits. Didn’t your best friend just move?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Now, all of the sudden in New York City, my roommates were ironically African American, Caucasian, and Asian, just like my best friends back in elementary school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “And this makes it okay to tell lies about your best friend how?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z If only I hadn’t trusted my best friend. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Why? I thought you were excited. ‘I get to be with my two best friends.’ A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z As always, she gives me a smile that suggests I’m her best friend in the world. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I have no best friend and the guy I love doesn’t love me back anymore. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We were never going to be best friends, but I had to admire the guy. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When Ivy got to Taryn’s, her best friend squealed and rushed her into the house, which smelled warm and yeasty, like baking bread. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s no one’s business that he’s on his way to see his childhood best friend and first love, Lena, who’s flown in from Arkansas to see him one last time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Alone? My best friends are in the barn cellar. It is a very sociable place. Not at all lonely.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She was my best friend as well as my gran, and I’d lost both. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Everyone except for J.T. and Digger, that is—my best friends. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m on a Lorde kick this week and could be listening to more of her music before class, but I got my best friend pants on because Dylan is thrown off by Samantha right now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Girls cried because so-and-so wouldn’t sit by them at lunch, or because their best friend had a new boyfriend who monopolized her time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For instance, my best friend, Izzy, wasn't allowed to spend the night at my place, because her mom felt there wasn't enough adult supervision in the Saedi home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And then my best friend, but I don’t want to tell her I’m dying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But she’d never have doubted he was her best friend’s brother. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Aw, sweetie. I wish I could. Tell you what. I’ll do one hundred, the friend price, because I wish we were best friends.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “You were the very best friend that boy ever had.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We ran into a boy named Ben, who happened to be one of Evan's best friends. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z All that mattered was that her best friend had betrayed her, her crush hated her, and nothing was her own. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Amy really wants me to be there. I’m her best friend.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Your best friend builds robots and programs computers,” she says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z My best friend, Cynthia Wesley, also stood at the mirror in the basement restroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Felicia, her face and forearms blotchy with heat, looks up at her best friend. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ali was Vanessa’s best friend and the nicest girl ever. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ivy widened her eyes at her best friend. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Uhmma and Apa do not like it that my best friend is an American, a girl who might influence me in the wrong ways. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Who cares if she was holding my mother beside her like her new best friend? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to look desperate, but she’d never felt like she needed her best friend so badly in her entire life. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “But it’s kind of a compliment because I picked you as a best friend, and Pi picked you as a best friend. He has good taste.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Sage was Darren’s best friend, but he couldn’t eat at our same table because he had to eat at the “egg-free” one with the allergy kids. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Like why people moved away and we didn’t keep our promise to stay best friends forever. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Kat is her best friend, so she understands. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I wonder what she would do if she found out her best friend is planning to desert. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I think he might be the best friend I’ve ever had. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Just so you know, we never would’ve been best friends if you were quiet.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z There are so many things I wish I could ask my best friend. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her best friend, her twin sister, the person who knew her better than anyone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Something weirder than my daddy not being here: my best friend is obsessed with my mama. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I was a real girl, my best friend was named Cassandra Jane Parrish. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Because you’ve turned my smart, funny, confident best friend into a total bowl of Jell-O, I wanted to yell. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I bled alone, until Eugene, my dad’s best friend, walked in. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Come on. You know who my best friend is. You!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z If only he had his best friend’s life. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her best friend exhaled, his eyes sliding between the cold rage and a younger hurt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Lara, mv best friend since university, had two children in two years: a boy first and then a girl. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Interestingly, Tommy’s best friend is gay, a friend from Holy Ghost Prep. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A spell-checker can be your best friend—and your worst enemy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom first said that to me when I was in the second grade and my best friend won the Mini Princess Contest at the New York State Fair. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The problem is, the guy who owns Fin Chaser and used to be my dad’s best friend? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Jack Tallis was his patron, Leon and Cecilia were his best friends, at least until grammar school. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him that he was my best friend and I loved him like crazy, but boys didn’t say such things to other boys, and nobody said such things to Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s times like this when loopholes become a guy’s best friend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of years ago our best friends died. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the best friend you’ve got and you don’t even know it,” he asserted belligerently, and walked out of the chaplain’s tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “She was my best friend,” I said through my teeth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My jaw wants to clench, to keep the words in, but I say, “You’re her new best friend. Anyway, why do you care? You never even talk to Sara.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z If this new job meant they would spend more time together like this, like two best friends, like two girlfriends, Aimee was all for it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Dad’s best friend, from when they were growing up, he passed away,” she said gently. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during that first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Jesus, no wonder my best friend was always so angry. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was like being inside the most beautiful car accident in the world with all your best friends and a bunch of total strangers and knowing you couldn’t get hurt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Mama Bellini, by the way, turned out to be the best friend a cricket ever had. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re reacting to your mom and dad splitting up by trying to steal someone else’s best friend. Mine. I see right through you.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Quentin grinned broadly and suddenly started to rattle on like I was his best friend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She tosses her ponytail and says, “This is going to be amazing. I get to be with my new best friend”—she waves at Stephanie—“and my old best friend. That’s you, Elizabeth.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Carla has grown up a lot since last year when we were best friends back home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I saw parents put their arms around their children, best friends hug. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One day, Rajar, his bighearted, bigmouthed best friend, would hold the lives of hundreds of soldiers in his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She had just finished helping a student with his math homework one afternoon when her best friend, Ellie McElveen, nudged her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “My best friend, Cynthia? Dead? Are you sure, Mama?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I don’t know how Lorena and I are still best friends. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She’s my best friend, and she shares every detail of her life with me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I got lucky because my dad’s best friend Eugene just happened to be heading to Spokane. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z JB and I glance at each other, ready to bust out laughing, but Vondie, our best friend, beats us to it. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Halfway to the kitchen I hear Momma say, “Why can’t they wait? She just saw one of her best friends die. She doesn’t need to relive that right now.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Louis was so attached to me that one day he followed me out the door to go visit Heather, my best friend and neighbor. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She always said that he had been her best friend before me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When we came home to our bigger new apartment, we found a gift—a blender—from my best friend, and a check from The Atlantic waiting for us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After all, Lucy wasn’t my best, best friend. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Soojin, listen,” I try to say as my best friend just walks right by me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “This has been a tough summer for him with Quincy gone. Quincy is his best friend. He’s in Seattle with his grandparents.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I rapped on the metal frame of my best friend’s front screen door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z With best friends, you always know what they are up to, but until break today, Isabella didn’t breathe one word about leaving early. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Now he’s one of Edward James Olmos’s best friends and was in the documentary we watched called Lives in Hazard. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My best friend was a white guy about sixty years old named Ernie Santosuosso who was the Globe jazz critic then. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This was this meg good place, because only Link’s best friends, we were the only ones that knew about it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They also made sure that Hale was informed; as the mayor of Fairfax recalled, “Roan considered W. K. Hale his best friend.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My best friend, Zoey, is in the back, on one of the green-and-black bungee chairs with her feet up on the armrest of the denim couch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Man’s best friend might be used to sniff out histocompatible donors. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “His best friend came all the way from home.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Why can I remember the details of the French Revolution but I can’t remember if I ever had a best friend? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She even tries to take my best friend away from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As I sat down in front of this modern-looking machine, I realized the enormity of what I was about to do: Asking my best friend to pay for my schooling seemed preposterous. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Even if you are half barnyard animal, you’re my best friend and I don’t want you to die! The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A flux of circumstances delivered the Laughing Man’s best friend, his timber wolf, Black Wing, into a physical and intellectual trap set by the Dufarges. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z For good measure, she forbade Felicia to visit her best friend, Herminia, whose father everyone denounced as a witch doctor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was falling into place, I thought as I strolled into my first-ever student government meeting and looked for my soon-to-be-girlfriend’s best friend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead Naheed sat at her table with her best friends, the three girls she had known since kindergarten. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z My best friend Gale’s voice reaches me through the headset the rebels insisted I wear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At no other time in Christina’s life will she escort her best friend, now a suspected traitor, to a public interrogation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Kelly leaped onto her best friend and gave her a hug so big they both nearly toppled over. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z It isn’t for lack of want—I’ve tried several times to look for him—but it seems my best friend has turned into a shadow, impossible to find. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Ben goes on to read of the tragic end of Enkidu and Gilgamesh’s pain of losing his best friend. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There on my porch with my best friend, everything felt just right, from top to bottom, through and through just right. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I’ve never been in a fight with one of my best friends before. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Losing my best friend felt like losing half of my heart. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And Auntie Lin, my mother’s best friend, moves to the turquoise sofa, crosses her arms, and watches the men still seated at the table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to imagine her with a name I associate with Swiss cartoon characters or a famous supermodel—not my twelve-year-old Korean best friend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My own best friend, the guy I admired so much that I tried to be just like him— “Darryl, what’s wrong?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I used to think I was super lucky because some people only have one best friend and I had two. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z We were best friends in kindergarten—until I got in trouble for messing up her hair. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Dude. What the hell? You know everything about me! You’re my best friend,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Well enough for the Apple Lady to write that Gram was her “best friend” in her inscription. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Carmen and her best friend, Tony, had watched in horror as the tank began to shake, as its rounded steel sides bulged in and out. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z As I reach for a pair of silver earrings that my best friend, Soojin, might like, Zohra smacks my hand away. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Janie, Mikayla’s best friend, raised her hand and explained that she, too, believed in animal rights and must be removed from the experiment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He’s staying here with his daughter, María, and two of her best friends. You’ll meet them!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In my heart I knew that there in the grave lay a man’s best friend. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She became best friend to everyone in the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She would plan that they were best friends and think about the time when Celeste could come home with her to eat supper and spend the night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I am thankful for the look in Suesetta’s eyes when she calls me her best friend, how I know she means it when she says it again and again: “Forever.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z How can you tell the parents of your best friend that you’re sorry that you killed their son? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her best friends in Long Beach pays for a smuggler to bring her sister from El Salvador. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Come, Ray says in his own way to Axel, bounding ahead of him, zigzagging through the woods on the paths that they’ve created, boy and best friend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He thinks I have a story about my best friend, Benny Kilmartin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z But what do I do when my two best friends have both done me dirty? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Before the books are stacked into boxes, I press Understanding Our Universe to my chest, as though it’s a best friend I’m leaving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the secrets she made her childhood best friends pinkie swear to never tell another soul. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Since it's just my mom and me, Auntie Seema, my mom's best friend, is the one person we turn to when we disagree. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe you don’t know what a best friend is.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z His best friend accidentally shot himself, and to this day, he still has nightmares about his death. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m your best friend of all time,” he answered, trying not to let her words sting. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Being here with my best friend eating Oreos for dinner, wherever the hell we are. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He was quiet for a minute or so, and then he said, “I think Lyra’s braver than me. I think she’s the best friend I ever had.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were best friends and always together, and everybody always voted for them for everything and wanted to be on their team. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he loved the guy He says the guy was his best friend in the world. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I lost my sister, my mother—who believes you and your mom and not me—and my father. And my best friend, who would rather lie about me to save her skin.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “The kid’s gay, and you’re suddenly his best friend? Hiding him in a swamp?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I think of my best friend, Tao, and how much he would love it here. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “There’s a way to go about it! You think you’re the only one tired? You think I wanted to see my best friend thrown onto the ground?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She shot a quick text to her best friend, Poppy, telling her how excited she was for tonight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “What’s new? What's new? You mean, other than, you know, seeing my best friend’s name appear at the top of the Scoreboard? Other than that, you mean?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We’d been best friends since kindergarten, and I couldn’t imagine exploring those cities without her. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He was eating his noon meal with his best friend, Mr. Marston. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “My late husband used to be his best friend. He hasn’t stopped praying for you. I’ll tell him where you are, even if you don’t help us.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I guess it was sort of impressive, that I had a really cool best friend who likes chess. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “And it worked perfectly! Good job, Kristina Houck. Mission accomplished. You set up your best friend after she kept your secret for over two years, and then you lost her. Nice job.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Lidia will never know how Mateo is spending his End Day, but she hopes her best friend finds whatever he’s looking for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The wedge between my former best friend and me is pretty deep. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z In 1927 best friends Tommy Luther and Earl “Sandy” Graham were slated to ride a pair of stablemates in the same race at Winnipeg’s Polo Park. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My friendship with my best friends was like the best high-quality chocolate—sweet and smooth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z My boyfriend and best friend both abandoned me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Soon, Werfel was sure, they would be best friends. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z From everything Ginny had told me about you, I knew you would go to any lengths to solve the mystery — particularly if one of your best friends was attacked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There’s this weird vibe between us now—like we’re still best friends, except it’s different. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z You were my best friend when I was six! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z What I needed were my two best friends. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Gabriel was happy just reading a book or listening to music or walking around town with Libby Truett, his best friend. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I’d had a best friend once, back home....What was his name again? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was good to know that even if Erlan was about to be a big-time TV star, he was still my best friend. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I had six different best friends that spring, at different times and for different reasons. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She and I hadn’t spoken since our fight just before the last day of school, but she was still my best friend. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For a woman who ain’t said nothing to me but do this and use that bathroom, all a sudden she talking to me like I’m her best friend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Even his two best friends, Piper and Jason, often treated him like an outsider. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She had her best friend at her side, a slightly deranged pigeon, and the Otherworld’s knowledge to guide her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Though”—a voice sneaks up, and Calvin pops out from behind Marc’s shoulder—“your best friend is right. You’re definitely ballsy, buddy.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Some of his best friends were colored people. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, there were a lot of warriors wounded. Nobody knows exactly how many. Some say around forty warriors were killed. One of those was Crazy Horse’s best friend.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “I just don’t know why we’re suddenly best friends with her.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Axel turns just in time to see his best friend lift his leg on the indoor tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My favorite picture of me and my best friend, Bev, is still sitting on my desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I wish I had my best friend back she wrote. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I know I have the best friends when even their silence makes me feel better. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Just the way she rescued Henry, Dad’s best friend and bandmate, who, once upon a time, was a total drunk playboy. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm wondering if my mother's found a way to call her best friend yet and if I'll ever hear her voice again. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His best friend, Danny, knew about the possibility—and he also knew that there was a certain secrecy about The Vigils that had to be maintained. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You become pregnant,” Rick continued, “by a man who has promised to marry you. The man goes off with another woman, your best friend; you get an abortion and—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And the most important occasion of that eventful year was getting married to Dawn, the most remarkable woman I know and the best friend I have. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z My best friend over there wants to come out, but she's scared to be out here after you guys ran a Facebook campaign against her? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Now Seven was standing face-to-face with her best friend. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I figured I’d find the right way to introduce my two best friends to my stockbroker. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Explaining why her best friend was freaking out at empty air seemed like a conversation Jam didn’t want to have with her neighbors. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “My best friend’s father has Alzheimer’s. It’s such a dreadful disease, and it causes him to act so strangely.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Gore sisters were my best friends and also a little bit my idols. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We never told anyone we were here illegally, not even our best friends. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Her mother is tired, so Grace can have only one best friend over that day. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But you're kind of my best friend in a lot of ways, and I really want to keep you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He didn’t care about what the other boys had said, he expected that, but he was hurt that one of the boys was his “best friend” Jack Will. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “And how come,” Gina said, “we don’t know anything about your best friend?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Why did you tell everyone that kid Erlan was your best friend?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Ray is the best friend who knows about Axel’s dad and all of the things that happened before his dad left, and all of the times that his dad didn’t show up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It would be like the time Sarah and her best friend came rushing home from school, to tell me they’d seen their first flasher in the park. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he stared out the window, like Ma, for about an hour, peering into the darkness, thinking about his girlfriend, Shelly, and his best friend, Aaron. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I was tempted to believe she was lying to gain my sympathy, but going on an extended vacation after the death of her best friend had never seemed like an Audrey thing to do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My best friend, Declaration Johnson, would be joining us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z No clue who this “Rae” is, but I’m not okay with some girl distracting my best friend while I’m sitting right here. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Kind of embarrassing, thinking back on it, but at that moment, I didn’t care about anything except my best friend, standing in my doorway on Christmas. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z DELPHI: You know, I didn’t have a best friend when I was your age. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Well, Jasmine called him her "best friend who's a boy," but she didn't have best friends who were girls, so TJ was her best friend best friend. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Ray lets his tail wag at the idea, ears perk to the sound of his best friend’s voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “First,” I said, holding up one finger, “my best friend, Thomas, moved a million and one miles away to DC.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I lay there silent beside my brother, my best friend and his girlfriend wading in the water before me, and I knew that we were all just in the prelude to disappointment after disappointment. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Even though I wasn’t at full rage, Fig must’ve felt my pain when my so-called best friend had hung up on me yesterday for his new best friend. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I might be gay if I had a better-looking best friend,” said Hassan. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And even though we’d never actually met in person, he’d told me more than once that I was his best friend, so I assumed he was just as isolated and lonely as I was. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “A bit of smoke, a few flames—so what? Are you going to let that spoil our festivities? Fire is our best friend, have you forgotten?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I tell him that my mother and Rhiannon’s mother were best friends in high school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She touched on silver lunch trucks and designer labels and enchanted places, and when she said her best friend gave her pet rat a ride on his shoulder, tears came to my eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But Savanna was the one who became her best friend. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Swaying Aaron to keep him calm while he ate, Ivy watched the two best friends. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I’m your best friend, Silas. What kind of friend does that? I wasn’t there for you when you needed me. Best friends don’t do that. No matter what.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z They were not so far from the fiery furnace after all, and my best friend might have been one of them. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z We could never go back to being best friends, but maybe things didn’t have to be so bad between us anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Pascal’s best friend, a hearty girl named Elévée, had wandered in and sat down at the table opposite Elisabet, but was uncharacteristically quiet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Daniel is the best friend who has only known Axel since Friendship Club started last year at school. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You know, the best friend of the main character.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Wes’s best friend, Woody, spent many of his years after high school going in and out of prison. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Erlan’s been my best friend since six years ago. He lives on my floor. He’s really cool. He likes chess.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Mark felt something turn in his stomach and leaned back, away from his best friend. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She glanced down at her own dull amulet, then over at her best friend: Poppy’s amulet was a vibrant purple. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Chris Hayes, my best friend, slid up behind me while I tried to stuff myself into my locker. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No reason my best friend’s girlfriend shouldn’t be my best friend too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “All of a sudden Emily is acting like she wants to be best friends with you or something.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Someone steps on his balls, or get gets into an uncontrollable fist fight with one of his best friends. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One thing was different back then: No one thought it mattered that Mario was a boy and my best friend or made it awkward. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She just stood in the driveway, between the creature and her family, her best friend absent in her hand. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It’s like being in love, discovering your best friend. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My own mother named me after her best friend, as women did in those days. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to clutch at drips and drabs of my old best friend, hoping she’s still in there somewhere. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He watched her look at her two best friends. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She probably would’ve been Ma’s new best friend if Ma lived here. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I drifted down Guerrero Street, a girl with her best friend, a maker of good choices. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Jasper was Dad’s best friend from high school and his business partner. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Ashton, you’re, like, one of my best friends, you know that, right? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z So even though this wasn’t a subject I ever talked about, not even to my best friends, telling Samira the truth right then didn’t feel like such a weird thing to do. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The truth is, I’m not even sure if she’s still my best friend. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Tats just told him I was best friends with you, and that you were Farooq’s cousin.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I think my best friend glows even brighter than before because she’s been through a change, an evolution that many can’t handle. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for the fact that the island of MidPass, hundreds of Midfolk, and the spirit of my dead best friend depended on me, I would’ve called it a night. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It took me actually a while. And then I was doing good. And then my best friend since forever, my best friend ever, he passed. And then I had a little breakdown.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z From that day to this, Halina Wind’s son has been one of my best friends. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, I think about how relieved my best friend seemed when I told him Rae and I are only friends. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Some people think it’s weird I have two best friends. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Twig, my real best friend, hardly ever says my name. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As he watched his best friend pace, Virgil thought to himself that Bull still was the best D.I. he had ever met. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She really is the best friend ever, even if—or especially because—she’s willing to blackmail my older brother to save my butt. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Caitlin is my best friend and she has helped me socially and economically and also educationally. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Andie, the main character, had two boys who liked her: her best friend, Duckie, who was kind of weird but funny, and this rich guy Blane, who hung out in a snobby clique. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z My best friend smiles, gives me a quick hug, and then falls over onto her bed fast asleep. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Somewhere out there in that darkness was Jessie, my best friend. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You are the best friend ever,” I tell her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z At this embarrassing moment, Bai Shan had caught the eye of his two best friends. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma said if her fee-ance and her best friend were that kind of trash, “it don’t speak so well for Love Simpson.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My mom turned to Carmen’s dad, Uncle Frank, who was not really my uncle but we called him Uncle because his wife was my mom’s best friend. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Know what it's like to have a best friend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But sorry, he’s not good at being a best friend when he’s someone’s boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The Preacher looked like his best friend just got killed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The only respite is lunch, where Finn has his two best friends, Ralph and Dylan. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My hands shake, and a voice in my head screams that it’s not all right, that my best friend is going to die. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “What? I’m supposed to just sit with people I don’t know? Jules and Is are my best friends.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I really hope I don’t lose my best friend and boyfriend in one summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, Jenner, my old and best friend, took little part in these discussions; he remained rather glumly silent and seemed disinterested. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Axel knows just how his best friend feels. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She was my best friend for a long time, even when I became a typical boy and was afraid to admit it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Kelly tugged at the elbow of her best friend’s shirt, but George stood, stuck in place. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I was the land of idiot that got punched hard in the face by his best friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I lost one of my two best friends,” Tab said flatly. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “But none of that means Trevor or any of Flush actually know you. You talk about them like they’re your best friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, him,” said Tucker, chucking the cat under the chin with his right front paw, “he’s my best friend. Come out from the matchbox.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z So I was without a best friend, but still dating Brennan. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He and my dad grew up on the same street and were best friends. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Those are the best friends I’ll ever have was Oliver’s first thought. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Okay, so you’ve got two best friends. Me and this guy,” Daniel says placing his hands on Ray’s round head. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “But I have seven best friends who all sit at my lunch table with me,” wails Savannah Bobbins. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Seven didn’t want to read into it, even though her best friend always wrote back immediately. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z If things worked out the way I hoped, I'd someday mention in interviews that my accompanist was both my best friend and a midget. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mid-February TiTi Waves Good-bye My best friend TiTi is crying hard, snotting the hem of her pink fluffy blouse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z My best friend, also a Freedom Writer, wrote it on the chalkboard, so all the Freedom Writers would know. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Your eyes widen and what you did with your best friend last night tumbles down over you like bricks falling from a crumbling wall. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She played because she was fighting with her sister and best friend, the person she loved most in the world. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Not with your best friend since the first grade. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “That is your best friend, of whom you speak?” he said in an altered tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere ahead there was a boy who had been her best friend. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z My best friend from always is my cousin Lally. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow, because best friends always eat together. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If I’d had a best friend—Javaneh was my closest friend, but we weren’t anything approaching best friends—we would have always been on the same team. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He was my roommate and my best friend. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Honestly, ” said Audrey as the ride slowed to a stop, “can you stop dry humping my best friend?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They'd been best friends since grade school, and the better that she got to know them, the more Eleanor felt like it was an honor that they'd let her into their club. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Mario was my best friend, and he was a boy. Remember? It wasn’t a problem back then. Girls and boys can be friends, can’t they?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She knows we’re best friends, and also that the blog post was written with Meg and Mr. Morrison in mind. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “He took my best friend, Old Theresa, away to be burned at the stake. He lives at Saint-Denis.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Am I going to have to find a new best friend?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I’m not usually an eavesdropper, but I dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I had no clue there was something between them, and then all of a sudden I’m the third wheel on what I thought was lunch with my best friend. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Moss had boarded the train in San Francisco that afternoon expecting nothing out of the ordinary, just a normal ride home with his best friend, Esperanza. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I can’t talk about the SIM’s visit or my cousins’ leaving for New York City, but I can have Sam for a best friend even if he is a boy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The morning the great white came to Rockport, my best friend and I were sticking our fingers into the coin returns of every pay phone in town. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Hazel could tell, because he had been her best friend for four years, and you can tell when your best friend is suddenly made of something else. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His very best friend was a Negro abstractionist, he said, who made magnificent smears of protest and defiance across the canvas, sometimes slashing the canvas to shreds with a knife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I am at my best friend's house, and am pretty bummed, because things are boring now. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My best friend said she wanted to learn everything about her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes you forget to tell best friends everything. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What do you say when your best friend has lost his mojo because you tried to reduce him to a paranoid bundle of nerves terrified of going into anaphylactic shock? Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he was being stupid, knew that the Nimbus was beyond repair, but Harry couldn’t help it; he felt as though he’d lost one of his best friends. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z You never lie like that about your best friend. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Telling a falcon and a raccoon to be best friends was almost impossible. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z If I don’t even talk to Erin during basketball season, and Erin’s been my best friend since elementary school, then I shouldn’t feel bad about ignoring Boy21. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The other day he cracked me up with a story about him and his best friend arguing over some sports team. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He waves his best friend and Mena Prescott over, lets them get in first, and then squeezes into the crowded backseat while trying to close the door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It isn’t the lure of BookBarn, or the fact that Adam is on tour, or that my best friend, Kim, is busy doing yearbook stuff. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We had changed and would continue to change, but Twig would always be my best friend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Of course, Cordelia was your best friend, in high school,” she says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My talents consist of watching television, being Ellen’s best friend, sighing, and knowing the lyrics to nearly every Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Laugh like best friends, tease each other like best friends. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Having your father for a best friend was all right and I could see how she felt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure how I could manage that, but I was the resident Lula expert, their beloved’s best friend, and I spoke with such conviction that they believed me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to be best friends with all of the members in the group, but I wanted the MSA to be a source of light for me on campus. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sweets and me been best friends since kindergarten. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I decided I’d be best friends with Zaheera and stay friends with her long enough to ask her to the matric dance, what we call our senior prom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “What, by conspiring with my best friend against me in the tabloids for fifty dollars?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Ah, it’s my best friend, Rowdy. Well, he used to be my best friend. He hates me now.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s my best friend and roommate; we don’t have secrets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of my best friends are greased pigs, bottle nose. Oops! Missed me again, you old butterfingers, you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I was a girl with a modern education, with parents who were both thinkers and readers, and a best friend who was the next Marie Curie. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mohamed, my best friend, couldn’t come because he and his father were renovating their thatched- roof kitchen that day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “How am I supposed to be happy about the boy I like liking one of my best friends? It’s not fair.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "She’s known for her sweets. Her daughter is one of my best friends." Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He’s been my best friend since I moved to Birmingham, Texas. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Maybe I could just ask my best friend if he would loan me some. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But as the parents of my best friends I hope you might help me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “When I was ten, I saw my other best friend get murdered in a drive-by.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I cannot forgive nor forget the listless do nothingness of the men we had always believed our best friends,” Anthony wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And Axel breaks from his dad to see his best friend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He set upon his best friend, and tried to hurt him, and lost his temper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And the idea of losing him forever, my best friend, the only person I’d ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn’t stand it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I heard Heather Clark and her two best friends talking about me as I walked behind the three of them in the hallway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Me neither, Libby. Some of my best friends are gay people.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She remembered her best friend Rosemary, who’d had braces the year before she did and had showed her how to eat jelly beans with them on, even though you weren’t supposed to. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I could go back to having Ellie as my best friend. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And 1 was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It had been a place to get away to—a private lair—a secret seclusion meant to be shared with best friends only—a life unknown to grown-ups and lived by kids alone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That I wanted to shoot Will, one of my best friends? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Starting at the new school without my best friend. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Ivy loved laughing, but she loved this too—the easy silence, her best friend so close, she could hear her breathing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I was hoping to be found. These are two of my best friends. Simmon.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes you need your best friend to walk through the doors. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The sound that came out of Esperanza was a cross between a bark and a yelp, and Moss glared at his best friend and tried to clamp a hand over her mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was torn—I really liked Brennan, but he wasn't worth losing a best friend over. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z So did Rosemary, but as her best friend she had to. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m relieved it wasn’t from Kimberly or Molly or Sara trying to move in on my best friend while we were in a fight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Mom, my best friends are white, and you love them,” I said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ogden Morrow eventually became Halliday’s business partner, collaborator, and best friend. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It’s time to be the worst best friend. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "You are a terrible best friend," I tell him. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z That was also the night, by the way, that Chris and I went from good friends to best friends. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to leave her best friend’s house and never come back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He was my best friend and I never hugged him.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Terryl felt very comfortable with April, so much so that Terryl felt she had a best friend for the first time in her life. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe it’s not okay. But I...I understand. I know losing Maddie as my best friend hurt.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Eddie was my best friend, and I miss him, and walking around with this hurt...well, it hurts.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He became handsome in your eyes, and you thought him your best friend. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Bernard went to the same elementary school as me and my best friends, Isabella and Julia. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z As much as I love the creamy dessert and loading it up with all my favorite toppings, the idea of spending time with my best friend again is even better. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z All last year, I’d held strongly to Relocation Rule Number 6: It’s best not to make best friends. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z So the boys had come over after school to see how he was, and she, his best friend, had sat in the car at the grocery-store parking lot and did not punch through the window. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “No, baby, do not apologize. You realize how lucky I am that my son is one of my best friends?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She figured that she and her best friend, Janie, would get dressed together, get their hair done together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Well, nobody don’t know if it’s anything to tell or not. Me, Ah’m her best friend, and Ah don’t know.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He was the only person his age he knew whose best friend had died. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z No vacation, no summer fun, no bike trips with my best friend, Allen, when he came to visit his father in the summer. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z And now the markers were more complicated, maybe, but they were still pretty simple: he wanted a best friend, a Katherine, and a Theorem. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z My father couldn’t even bring his best friend, Mr. T. K. Hu. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be over our fight and to be best friends again. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z My heart broke into fourteen pieces, one for each year that Rowdy and I had been best friends. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I had the opportunity to sing to Anne Frank’s best friends, Jopie and Lies, but I didn’t. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My best friend’s voice just kept repeating that phrase, and I gripped my skull as panic and confusion and helplessness pulled me in seventeen different directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I am sick at heart, but cannot carry the world against the wish and will of our best friends.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She laughed once when I told her she was my best friend, but it was the truth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What gross stuff did you do, you and your best friends? Did you eat a dead muskrat, Snots?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I turn my attention to the platform, where death awaits me in the form of a polished ax held by my best friend. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was for his best friend, “Dicky”— Richard Russell of Georgia. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorothy was now his best friend, the only person in the world with whom he shared Nipper. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Your father was my best friend,” Rajar added quietly, “a long time ago.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as if we were in Brooklyn, where the candy store, the record shop, and my best friend were around the corner. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He was, I suppose, my best friend, which is a less pathetic way of saying he was my only friend. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a hard thing for her heart to hold, but her best friend’s heart was bearing something far heavier, she knew. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Carol has another best friend, who is sometimes her best friend and sometimes not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Daniel shakes his head like he can’t believe his friend, his best friend, needs so much clarification. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They are my friends, my girl friends, my best friends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z George already knew Kelly was her best friend, but they had never been girls together before. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z My roommates are cordial, but they're best friends from the same school, so they make it obvious they plan to spend this week together. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Mom would expect George and the boy to be best friends. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z That afternoon, I sat on the bus next to Heather, my other best friend, who was a year older and lived two houses away from me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “He was my best friend for over thirty years and I will miss him forever.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Usually, I spent that period passing notes with Lauren, my best friend, or staring out the window daydreaming about boys. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Kyle, and then he repeated the entire quote: “‘Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z My best friend in high school was a Jew. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I gaped at my reckless, illogical best friend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I mean, all your best friends are Black. And so are Hana’s.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “My best friend. He has a girlfriend too, who I’m friends with.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z How did Fizz morph, in my mind, from a best friend with a no-nonsense attitude into this stern, judgmental person in the span of a few days? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was just that her best friend and her family were not “no-nos.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And they kissed and talked about movies, and she missed him terribly because he was her best friend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the smartest kid in the universe and his superintelligent best friend sounded like kindergartners. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We watched shoppers pass us for a while, basking in a comfortable silence, the kind that best friends have. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “You really do need a new best friend.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z They said I should know because he was one of my best friends. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z On that bus ride home, I believe Joey Cosentino and I became best friends. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was my best friend, bookish like me, almost like my twin. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But testifying with his best friend’s murderer glowering at him from twenty feet away? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That you were the best friend he ever had,” he said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "And you don't have to cry about that boy. Boys are silly. The first thing you need is a best friend." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I really wanted some solo time with Arthur, but a double date with his best friends is way better than no date at all. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I knew Caitlin’s address by heart, and wrote it in the center of the envelope, trying to leave enough space for all the stamps it needed to make it to my best friend’s house. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Once upon a time, Twig and I told each other everything, because we’re best friends and that’s what best friends do. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And here we are, risking our lives to fight the Dark Arts, and there he was, in a huddle with his new best friend, plotting their rise to power over the Muggles.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I guess I am lucky to have two best friends,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Your best friend is a girl? Like a girlfriend?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But if the secret Mexico trip was the defining test of my loyalty, I really earned my stripes when my sister and her best friend turned me into a legitimate stalker. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My brothers and sisters were my best friends, but when it came to food, they were my enemies. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d accepted a long time ago that Thomas and I were no longer best friends. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I stare at her, my best friend, trying to see just what she’s read in my things. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “To tell him how sorry you are about Daisy. To pay your condolences. Because he’s your best friend.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z By then, he really was my true best friend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I should like to “keep” you, too, if you will let me—I mean, in my heart and as my only daughter’s best friend. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z ‘In the ancient times, Orion joined the Hunters. He was Lady Artemis’s best friend. He had no rivals at the bow - except for the goddess herself, and perhaps her brother, Apollo.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She was my best friend, my only real friend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We were sitting under one of the few trees out in front of the main school district office when I said to her, in Vietnamese: "You are my new best friend." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Some nights I ended up at Baby Tell’s house—she was my mom’s best friend, plump and short and always happy to see me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z My best friend’s narrow face, almost buried under his chestnut curly shag, filled the screen in the video-call app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z To the dismay of reformers, Prohibition was turning out to be crime’s best friend. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And right then and there, Declaration and I had decided to be best friends. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I could really use my best friend right now.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was my best friend and I needed him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Are you serious, Lindsey? That would really suck for you and Cameron. I mean, you two are best, best friends, right?” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He was sadly unfitted for hating his best friend or for torturing his wife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z LeAlan: We were best friends, but we didn’t hang out, ’cause Lloyd lives in The Wells and they used to shoot a lot, so my momma didn’t really allow me to go over there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Nora’s doing Hanukkah in Vermont, and he doesn’t want to annoy her, and his best friend from high school, Liam, has barely spoken to him since he moved to DC. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But Soojin is still my best friend, and everyone knows it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z So anyway I’m good at sleepovers now, and can have a best friend. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Everything was simpler when they were just three kids being best friends. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z "Oh, I think I like her," my best friend, Britt-Marie, said with a grin. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Black kids with white best friends are not common in Bellmont. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That hurt more than losing my best friend. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “So you know how we’ve been best friends for almost eleven years now?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I wanted to grow up and greet the world, and so did my best friends. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z At suppertime, the hand can opener quickly became our best friend. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z After my dad’s best friend got shot in the face, I wondered if I was destined to get shot in the face, too. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It is a very bad idea to take this sort of plunge with your best friend two and a half months before you leave for New York City. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I knew I should be happy to have my best friend back, but instead all I wanted to do was run upstairs and be with Yuki. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It makes me sick thinking about Miss Celia running up to those girls like they’re best friends, the look on her made-up face when she hears about me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sierra sat in front of her best friend’s mirror. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Ah, so Dustfinger’s playing with his best friend again,” he sneered as he climbed the shallow steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And Baby Tell, my mom’s best friend from Pine Level, was wonderful. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There was so much money to be made that drug gangs rapidly expanded their ranks, sucking in some of our best friends, and turf wars became deadly, aided by the influx of sophisticated firearms. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z But he was my best friend and I wanted him to know the truth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z My classmates filed in, and I watched the door, waiting for my best friend. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z My best friend and I happened to be the lucky ones. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The Plutos almost witnessed the death of their best friend, Rufus, as a gun was pulled on him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Can your best friend be more important than your family? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z That evening, as she and Fourth Cousin sat on the bed playing pick-up-beans, she confided in her best friend. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Anything but the fact that one of my best friends has developed a whole new life without me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was probably why Vega and me had become best friends. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I don’t have a girl best friend here in Alpharetta. There’s no one person I can call up to confide in. I called up one girl, and I scared her.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Now I’m the best friend, reporting for duty. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Once I asked my best friend, Andrea, if the hall made her feel little too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sigurd had set a trap for her and her best friend, Ivan, last year. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z My best friends had abandoned me, and now my mom had, too. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He's been my guide, my protector, my best friend for so long that I don't know what to do without him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He doesn’t wanna make small talk with his dead best friend’s parents as they eat his favorite meal and not their son’s. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was my very best friend and someone who always filled me with hope. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want to do something special? You guys were best friends.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I hated the way she said my name, all intimately as if we were best friends. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So I decided to go to the graduation ceremony for her, because Frances was my best friend and I would do anything for her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was crying because I had broken my best friend’s heart. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I think about how much depends upon a best friend. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Her family forgot about her, her best friend betrayed her, her crush...well...she wasn’t exactly sure what June was thinking, but based on her silence and tears, it couldn’t be anything good. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And then he put his arm across my shoulder and said, “But you know what? Laleh is not my best friend, Darioush. You are.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I hurt my best friend,” Axel finally says, turning from the big red barn to Byrd. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z You were taken from me, and I’m not ready to take myself away from the two best friends I have left. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I spent all this time thinking Ben was the king of chill, but I guess no one’s chill when their best friend almost dies. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z "But first I have to talk to my new best friend!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We had been best friends since arriving in Arizona the same week four years before. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She needed her best friend, and I was going to be there for her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I was going to spend the weekend at my best friends house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even with the miles between us, I was confident Thomas and I would stay best friends forever. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I felt like my best friend had suddenly dropped dead. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “They were best friends,” I tell her, and almost add, and they were in love. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I hop on the train and head back to Alphabet City to meet up with my best friend, Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He would always be my best friend, no matter how much he hated me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “When I was in junior high, my best friend was so gorgeous, and I was just this tall, homely girl with pimples and braces.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “My best friend was in the hospital and Arthur was there for me,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “There’s an inscription in it. ‘For my muse and best friend.’” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I'm quite sure that if you had had such a horrid accident, and were in hospital all by yourself, you would like a present from your best friend.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I miss my best friends, Jessie and Ethan. And my house. The guest room we have at home is bigger than my uncle Milton’s bedrooms.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Trevor paused for a second and I waited for him to say no, and that I was his best friend. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “He’s been my best friend since I moved here. He officially came out last year, but a part of me has always known.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was this one part where the main character, who is this architect, is sitting on a boat with his best friend, who is a newspaper tycoon. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z A god who listens is like your best friend, who lets you tell him about all the people you don’t like. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now my best friend and I are the oldest cholos in the barrio. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I can’t tell her one of my best friends has chosen a new best friend. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He considered telling him it was none of his business, then said, “She was my best buddy’s wife’s best friend. They set us up on a blind date. We hit it off.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I was really going to get into my soliloquy about Julie's two-faced behavior behind her best friend’s back. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong—I want him to be happy, he’s my absolute best friend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There were lots of kids at the house, and I became best friends with Shiva, the youngest boy there. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I listened to every detail because that’s what you do for your best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You lied about me. I’m not your best friend anymore.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Here is a ticket stub from the first film we ever saw together, the one where I begged my best friend, Elsbeth, to come along, too, in case I got tongue-tied around Bas. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z How was I going to live without my best friend? Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t need your best friend when you’ve got your future wife around, so I’ll just talk to you again in a couple weeks when this is over.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It couldn’t be Vega; he wouldn’t leave his bedroom and his Glock—his new best friend. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I don’t have the decency to keep their memories alive, yet I’m supposed to be their best friend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z France was not mentioned, but France would be the country where Franklin would find America’s best friends. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a mom and dad and they cared, and I had a dog and a best friend named Dante. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z But I could feel it—my best friend slipping further away from me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In less than a year, we’ve become super close, and Emily is now somebody I trust completely and count as one of my best friends. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Gloria and Ruth—Gram’s best friends since childhood—make a beeline for me as soon as they walk in the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She felt, like a broken little bone inside, the loneliness of her best friend. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z How would some sheriff sound, declaring himself so against bank robbery—and Jesse James his best friend? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "She will never be my best friend," I usually said in response. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z That his best friend was a woman, an architect with a long straight weave who wore high heels and tight jeans and colored contact lenses, said something about Blaine that Ifemelu liked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Wait to find out if, Number One, my best friend in the entire world gets fired for getting me a job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z HARRY: I don’t know how you became friends in the first place, but you did, and now—I need you to— ALBUS: My best friend? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Maybe he wasn’t my best friend, but we were still a team. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and slowly brought her hands to the sides of George’s head, peeking just a little bit to make sure she didn’t poke her best friend in the eye. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I realize we all hide some parts of ourselves, crowding them into our bedrooms, where only our best friends can see. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My best friend, Zara, disappeared in a raid last year, and my other friends have their own troubles. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I guess it wasn’t too bad, having a big famous TV star for a best friend. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z No kid wants his best friend to see text messages from a girl who’d broken his heart. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z An-mei read them aloud, putting aside ones that might work: “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Don’t ever settle for a pal.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And my best friend still isn’t talking to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you came. You are my best friend. And I never should have treated you that way.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “He wouldn’t just do that. He’s my best friend.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I needed to talk to someone about all this, and Aech was my best friend. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He squeezed me tight like we was best friends. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Regarding alcohol as “God’s worst enemy” and “hell’s best friend,” he vowed to defeat anyone who manufactured, sold, or distributed it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Dex stands behind him, revulsion bursting from his eyes as he watches one of his best friends die by his hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z So I heard the boom of my father’s rifle when he shot my best friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Hard not to believe my days as Maria's best friend forever and ever amen are counted. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And she would put her arm around Cathy’s waist, and Cathy would put her arm around Alice’s waist, and they would walk away—best friends—and tiny as the head of a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And the tribe of boys who really missed their best friends. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Next to her is the keynote speaker, Hunson Greene, head of the New York Baptists Ministers Conference and a tremendous speaker, who also happens to be the brother of Mommy’s late best friend Irene Johnson. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Brooke smiles and links arms with my best friend. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the quiet determination of my mother, he had the boisterous nature of Abu and his brothers, but we were best friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to sit and drink tea with Biddy’s best friend. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z No one has ever called me a best friend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Twig was my best friend and I needed her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Did you ever find yourself, without admitting it, tangled up with your best friend? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was part of the inner circle, Lena’s best friend. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I hate that I was once best friends with her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I know it’s not every day you tell your best friend you’re gay, so things probably should feel weird, but this was something more. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Well, what if I told you that I went to war over my dead best friend’s glowing journal? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I ask my best friend in a low voice, leaning across the table to make it harder for Emily to hear. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Racing, I know, without question, Ben is my best friend. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Because I was the Black-Backed Gull, and so people cried like Helen Burns was their best friend. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So far, he’s my best friend here, tall and footbally but with none of the football vibe I’ve come to associate with guys who look like him. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I’m thinking about Carol and Grace, my two best friends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I look at the message again and wonder how many moms text their daughters’ best friends behind their backs like this. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Then you go to community college and live in Bellmont for another two years, minimum. And maybe you lose your best friend forever. This is most likely a one-shot chance here.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Someday I will have a best friend all my own. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember what happened to my best friend, Bugs, when a cockroach crawled in his ear one night at the Home. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Like, I might write, ‘Note to self: Do not touch a habanero pepper, even if your best friend dares you to.’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Like they were the two best friends in the world. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Our best friends are joining us on our End Day. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But I guess that’s just the cycle that comes with dating—time spent with best friends is minimized and you get this whole new life they’re not always a part of. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Nope. Tell me everything about your new best friend, who is a royal. That is so bougie of you. Who would have guessed it?” she says, peering over the edge of the bed at him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Is now a good time to point out Henry’s very hot, very rich best friend is basically in love with you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Callie pushes past me and gives me a dirty look before running after my best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “What does this have to do with your client shooting me and my best friend?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We’ve been best friends since we were four. He lives down the hall.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been working on it for Roman Political Thought all week. And I thought we agreed Nora is our best friend.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I was sitting right between Ellie, my best friend from first grade, and Maya, my other best friend from lower school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And I was going to follow him onto the court and shut down my best friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They hugged, and Moss headed toward the train station, eager to get home and start getting ready, shoving aside any creeping suspicions he had about his best friend. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t talk to Mom, obviously, and even though Toothpaste and The Minch were my best friends, I couldn’t talk to them either. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She joins the Soviet Air Force with her best friend, Nina, and they form a pilot-gunner team in a bomber plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Uncle C thought he’d hurt me by taking all my good memories of my best friend, but he’d only helped me face my feelings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Neda and Mitra were best friends who were cut from a very different cloth, and I wanted to cherry-pick their greatest qualities so I could be the perfect combination of the two of them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “A is for Amy who fell down the stairs,” says my best friend, Jenna Davis, as we climb farther down into the steep, parched ravine. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Former best friends, who now seem to be going down different paths. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He looked hopelessly around his room again, and his eye paused on the birthday cards his two best friends had sent him at the end of July. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Auntie Lin and my mother were both best friends and arch enemies who spent a lifetime comparing their children. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When she looked up from her ankle, she saw June jogging back across the gym, bringing Taryn, Ivy’s best friend, with her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My best friend in school, who attended a different church, had already “surrendered his life to the Lord,” and he was very anxious about my soul’s salvation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But the little guy felt like his best friend in the whole world! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I take my piece of candy and walk over to my best friends, Suesetta and Phyllis, who are sitting in the sixth row, right side. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even from six feet away Poe became my best friend. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Last year, even my best friend, Keisha, stopped speaking to me when my family became homeless. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Some days there was no food to eat, and Allen and his best friend, Louis Taylor, would roam the streets looking for old cans and bottles to turn in for a few cents. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t get it. I offer my best friend an opportunity to double his money, and he won’t even listen to my idea.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The Assignments continued, and Jonas watched and listened, relieved now by the wonderful Assignment his best friend had been given. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In a letter to her mother after his death, she called Alexei her “best friend.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The young woman sitting in front of me was my best friend, Aech. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He does not talk wistfully of a relocated brother or best friend he sees only twice a year. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My best friend, An Yi, and our homeroom teacher were standing outside the main building. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what he expected her to say but finally came up with, “My best friend in camp had a plaid skirt. Her mom got the material from the Sears catalog.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z How do I step over the threshold and join my best friend again? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Despite being best friends, Chip and Trent battled like Emotionally Compromised Vulcans when they were on opposing teams. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And actually cool when she wasn’t around Sunny, getting contaminated by her best friend’s glow of evil. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Of course, I didn’t play favorites while I was coaching, but she really made me proud, and it was through fencing that Faizah and I morphed from sisters to best friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was true, she no longer thought so often about Fourth Cousin, once her best friend. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But I am his friend, his best friend, his only friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Aibileen waves and I pretend I don’t even see my own best friend on the side of the road in her bright white uniform. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Losing your best friend sucks, even if it’s only for three months and two days. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Tats writes on the wall first: Mr. Ram was a good friend to my best friend, rest in peace, xoxo. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Charlie may think it, but at least he doesn’t say “Weirdo,” which is why he’s my best friend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Other kids like the Cowboys, and can never be best friends with a dolphin. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There he found his two best friends, the Leopard and the Lion. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I know you’re really Maddie’s best friend. I never had a chance at all, and that bothered me. A lot. I shouldn’t have lashed out at you, though. I hope you’ll accept my apology.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was enjoying this moment of no drama with my former best friend. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Our best friends, the ones we love the most, are the ones who can hurt us the most. Because look.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z From her involvement with the local chapter of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and her choice of a church, Carver Presbyterian, Katherine gained a strong social network and a new best friend. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She was my best friend — maybe my only true friend — but I wasn’t seeing it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he curls up under the dining room table with his best friend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Like they were her best friends or something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Ivy could feel her best friend looking at her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She said her father, my grandfather, Kirby, and Malloy were pretty much best friends, which is why she trusted him to look after me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z —Yeah, he deserves to die—he killed his best friend, he killed women and children, he killed the king. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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