David's Diary #4: Best Buds for Never

It's time for nine-year-old David to learn a lesson in love after being paired to work on a project with his worst nightmare in this hilarious, highly illustrated chapter book from the bestselling author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure.

Valentine's Day is around the corner, and David's church is planning a huge "Share the Love" potluck for their community. To make things even more exciting, the junior youth group has been given a very important role: collect recipes for the cookbook the church wants to sell as a fundraiser!

But David's is less than excited to find out that "Complainy Naomi" is on his team. Afterall, it's pretty hard to love someone who is a walking raincloud and always putting a damper on anything and everything! 

Join David and his best buds, Nate and Abby, as they learn see that everyone has value and is worthy of love, even when they don't always get along.

And don't miss the first three books in the David's Diary series:

• The Summer Camp Disaster
• The Science Fair Sabatoge
• The Big Bully

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