Best Friend Trouble
Kuhusu kitabu hiki cha kusikiliza
Hanna is fed up with her best friend, Lizzy, who is always trying to be better than her.
When Lizzy tells Hanna she can throw her ball farther and succeeds, it’s the last straw. Hanna is tired of feeling second best, but what she doesn’t realize is that sometimes she makes Lizzy feel that way too. Maybe there’s a way they can still be best friends after all.
A funny and relatable story about best friends, competition, and learning to see things from another’s point of view.
Kuhusu mwandishi
Frances Itani has published numerous books, including Requiem, chosen by the Washington Post as one of 2012's top fiction titles of the year; and the #1 bestseller Deafening, which won a Commonwealth Award, was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was published in 17 territories. Frances is a Member of the Order of Canada and is a three-time winner of the CBC Literary Award.
Geneviève Després completed a degree in Industrial Design at the Université de Montréal but decided instead to pursue her passion for drawing. After spending a few years in Europe exploring different techniques, Geneviève returned to Quebec. For more than 20 years she has illustrated over 40 books, many of which have been translated into other languages. Geneviève uses a variety of techniques in her art and plays with texture and the transparency of different mediums to create unique images. She lives with her family on the South Shore of Montreal and spends her summers drawing inspiration from the seaside in their cottage in Les Escoumins.
