Books Like Best Friends
Families who loved Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Families who loved Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your child is facing the impending move of a best friend or experiencing the sting of a friendship shifting from daily proximity to long distance. It captures the raw, unfiltered emotional reality of childhood loyalty, jealousy, and the fear of being replaced. While many books paint a rosy picture of pen-pals, this story validates the genuine heartbreak and anger children feel when their world is upended. The story follows Gemma and Alice, lifelong best friends who are polar opposites in personality. When Alice moves away, Gemma struggles with feelings of abandonment and the difficult transition of seeing Alice find a new, sophisticated friend in her new town. It is a realistic and deeply empathetic look at the growing pains of elementary and middle school social lives, providing a safe space for children to process their own feelings of loneliness and change.
