Virtue Focus Bundle: Being a Friend

Best Friends Playbook by A.W. Downer is a lower middle grade contemporary friendship story that brings football and princesses head to head in a homeschool setting. Hannah Taylor has always had football friends in her homeschool co-op, but when Beth goes to private school, Hannah has to make new friends. These girls don't even like sports, let alone know anything about football. They like to play princess. Through fumbles and lots of downs, Hannah learns what it really means to be a friend.

Virtue Focus: Being a Friend

Jeff Pennant's Field Guide To Raising Happy Parents by Kelli McKinney is a humorous contemporary middle grade novel about learning to see beyond yourself and recognizing the perspectives of others. Jeff doesn't understand why he's always in trouble with his parents, so he decides to conduct a science experiment to learn what makes them happy. Along the way and amid the mishaps, Jeff discovers what true friendship and love in a family are. Oh, and science, and video games, and terror turtles too. Winner of the Readers Favorite 5 Star Review, the Readers Favorite Award Finalist 2023, and the Angel Book Award!

Virtue Focus: Beyond Self

Year of the Meatball by Angela Calabrese combines a funny contemporary story about friendship with baseball, meatballs, and a trio of llamas. Joey learns to shift his outlook on his circumstances and the people around him and find a solid home run. Winner of the Readers Favorite 5 Star Review!

Virtue Focus: Shifting Your Outlook