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 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.
