WILSON, Budge. Friendships. Stories. (Toronto): Puffin Canada, (2006). Pp. [i]-xii,1-210,(2). 8vo, illustrated dark card covers, black spine, green and blue lettering to spine. A collection of short stories for young adults, by the Nova Scotian author. "These perceptive and contemporary stories, by one of Canda's best-loved and award-winning authors for young readers, showstruggling boys and girls making a connection with someone who can bring t hem to a kind of balance." - from the rear cover. Includes the following stories: "The Snake", "Bruno", "Justice", "The Music Festival", "My Heroine, Murphy Brown", "Escape Route", "Fear", "The Poem", "Father by Mail", "Lillian", "Big Little Jerome", and "Maid of Honour". Vg. 8.00