In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows
for certain is that friendship is complicated.
When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling
through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain,
books provide what real life cannot--constant companionship and insight
into her changing world.
Books, however, can't tell Anna how to find a true friend. She'll have
to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart
Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes' One Hundred Dresses,
this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it
means to be one.