The great big school yard good-bye waving game
Christopher Seelen
On Ben's first day of school, he does not want to say good-bye to his Dad so they play a game to see who has the biggest good-bye wave.

by G.M. Berrow (2016)
"When Princess Celestia hears that her friend Diamond Waves is in trouble, she rushes to Monacolt to help. The beautiful kingdom by the seais on the brink of disaster, and none of the students at the Monacolt Magic Academy can master the spell that can save it. can Princess Celestia bring the magic back before it's too late?"--Back cover.
Christopher Seelen
On Ben's first day of school, he does not want to say good-bye to his Dad so they play a game to see who has the biggest good-bye wave.
Sharon Creech
Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomabilityis Sharon Creech at her very best.When 13-year-old Dinnie Doone is plucked out of her troubled life by her aunt and uncle and whisked away to an international school in Switzerland, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly surrounded by different cultures, languages, and beliefs, Dinnie struggles to holdon to her past life. Gradually, through friendships and experiences she could have nowhere else, she learns to trust herself and discovers the beautiful "bloomabilities" her new life has to offer.01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8), Pacific NW Library Assoc. 2001 Young Reader's Choice Award Masterlist, and 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Masterlist(Grds 6-9) Young Adult's Choices for 2000 (IRA)