I Never Knew Your Name by Sherry Garland

   This book is also another heart breaker. It is pretty powerful to. This is a great book for kids because of the issues it brings up. It tells the story of a boy who always thinks about befriending this other boy who is sort of an outcast in the community. The narrator watches him from a distance- playing basketball late at night and feeding the pigeons on the roof at school. The tragedy is that the boy ends up committing suicide in the book before the narrator ever has a chance to befriend him. This book is well written and the artwork is also noteworthy. It's a good book for fostering awareness of the importance of reaching out to people and not being afraid to befriend people who are different than you.