When first grader Sarah starts school, she quickly becomes best friends with a new classmate named Katie. As their friendship grows, Sarah begins to notice she is getting in trouble more and more because Katie does not always follow the rules. With her parents’ gentle advice, Sarah learns that it is okay to make new friends and that she can still care about Katie without copying her choices. In the end, Sarah helps Katie discover that following the rules does not mean giving up fun, it just means finding the right kind of friends.

A heartwarming story about friendship, choices, and the power of positive influence, Sarah and the Right Kind of Friends reminds young readers that sometimes kids are not bad, they just need the right friends around them.