FINISHED:

Bowe, Julie. (2007). My last best friend. Orlando: Harcourt.

[A sweet little tale about girls in 4th grade. Ida's best friend moved away over the summer and she is now trying to find her way in the social world of 4th Grade by herself. There's a new girl that seems pretty cool, but she's been taken under the wing of the class bitch (who refers to Ida as I-duh). When Ida starts secretly exchanging notes with the new girl, friendship is born again. I'm not sure that this is quite Outstanding, as it has been labeled by others in ACL, but it has a great message and I would highly recommend it to elementary school kids.]

STARTED:

Sobol, Donald J. (1963). Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective. New York: T. Nelson.

[Squeezing in a quick classic before other things...]