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Dreenie, new to an "arty-darty" magnet school in upper Manhattan, desperately wants a best friend. Tuli, a brash but insecure classmate, quickly latches onto Dreenie, who instead finds herself drawn to another classmate, Natalie, who has leukemia. The complexities of friendship among the three fifth-grade girls are eloquently explored in this short, accessible novel.