Minn and Jake Author:Janet S. Wong A surprising friendship — Do you ever feel like you?ve somehow lost your true best friend? Minn feels this way. So does Jake. But Minn and Jake have no intention of being friends. Minn?s a string bean. Jake?s a shrimp. Minn?s a girl. Jake?s a boy. And in fifth grade, who wants a best friend of the opposite sex? But Minn and Jake are forced... more » together by circumstances, which only strengthen their resistance . . . until Minn takes Jake lizard hunting. There are lots of good ways to choose a friend.
This enchanting free-verse novel, accompanied by expressive, humorous black-and-white drawings, proves that sometimes friendship just happens.« less