21.   I sit on the curb outside my house, talking about books with my best friends, Freddie and Susan.

22.   Jessica Rankin was pregnant, and I was her best friend.

23.   Like third-grade best friends, these girls are not going to be separated.

24.   Lucinda was her best friend and lifelong companion.

25.   Marcel viewed his mother as a confidante and best friend.

26.   My best friends, Ada, Nora and Nives, all had bicycles, which put me at a serious disadvantage.

27.   Risking everything, Saskia auditions for the position of best friend with a dazzling burst of literary fantasies.

28.   She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job.

29.   She is anticipating a visit from Varvara, her best friend, who will arrive later this summer.