When Friendship Followed Me Home
Publisher
Dial Books for young readers
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780803738164
Pages
247 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Ben Coffin has never felt like he fits in. A former foster kid, he keeps his head down at school to avoid bullies and spends his afternoons reading sci-fi books at the library. But all that changes when he finds a scruffy abandoned dog named Flip and befriends the librarian's daughter, Halley. For the first time, Ben starts to feel like he belongs in his own life. Then everything changes, and suddenly Ben is more alone than ever. But with a little help from Halley's magician father, Ben discovers his place in the world and learns to see his own magic through others' eyes.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; Adoption; Family member death; foster child; adopted child; death of a mother
Main Character
boy and girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother mother and father
LGBTQ+
female/female
Awards
Georgia Children's Book Award, 2017-2018
Nominee
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Keywords
bullying; cancer; legal guardian; magician; illusionist; library
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Griffin, Paul, "When Friendship Followed Me Home" (2016). Diverse Families. 662.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/662