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Winner of the Literary Titan Book Award for Excellence

"Friends are everywhere if you have a big heart and know where to look."

Spunky ten-year-old Rose O'Reilly has just sworn an oath with her best friend from birth to stay friends for always. They even promise to meet up in heaven floating on clouds of pink cotton candy.

Then, boom, Linney moves 2,000 miles away. Feeling abandoned, Rose is determined to find a new best friend. She turns to Grandpa, whose wife - his own best friend - has recently died. They hold chat cafes in the kitchen on Sundays. It helps them to forget how much losing a best friend hurts.

Rose discovers your grandpa can be your friend. Or a boy with cerebral palsy, and a lost dog, or a classmate who comes to school with unexplained bruises.

Still, there's that achy hole in her heart Linney left behind. She asks Venus, the Evening Star, for a new best friend, for Grandpa to come to live with them, and for a dog of her own. May as well wish for a dog, too, because wishes are free.