Title: The battle of Darcy Lane
Description: It's summertime, and everyone on Darcy Lane seems to be holding their breath waiting for the cicadas to emerge, but what twelve-year-old Julia Richards and her best friend, Taylor, want is some real excitement. Which arrives in the form of a new neighbor named Alyssa, who introduces a ball game called Russia ... and an unwelcome level of BFF rivalry.
Subjects: Friendship, Best friends, Juvenile fiction, Ball games, Jealousy in children, Fiction, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction