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Girls best friend is about a girl named Maggie Brooklyn who has an after school job walking dogs. She enjoys the job and is happy to earn money doing it. Maggie and her twin brother, Finn, share a birthday party and Finn invites Ivy, Maggie’s used to be best friend but now worst enemy. At the party Maggie discovers that Ivy’s dog has been stolen. Maggie struggles to decide weather or not to help her find the dog. Later, Maggie takes Preston, one of the dogs she walks, to the vet for a check up and Maggie gets suspicious. Does Preston really need heart surgery? Read the book and find out! I recommend this book 8-12 year olds.

Reviewed by Vanessa L. This book is about a young orphan girl named Margaret Ann Brady who is given the oppurtunity to sail on the Titanic, the greatest ocean liner in the world. She goes with Sister Catherine, her caretaker. Margaret is very excited to meet up with her brother again, and can’t wait to board the Titanic. Once she is on the ship, Margaret is fascinated by everything. But, on the night of the disaster, Margaret fears that she will not live to see her brother again, or her other friends at her orphanage. I liked this book because Margaret Ann Brady is a believable character and the author used many details in the story to help the reader understand it better. This book is also great for anybody who is interested in the story of the Titanic.