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Nothing can be simpler—or more complicated—than alliances between elementary school kids. In Sideways Stories, Louis Sachar seems to intuitively understand how these friendships work. Some kids have best friends, and some kids don't; some pairs are perfectly suited for one another, some tease each other, and sometimes you never see one particular kid without the other. The class on the thirtieth floor has a wide range of friendships, from art class partners like Bebe and Calvin, to kids who like to stand on each other's heads, like Joe and John.
And then there's Kathy, who doesn't like anyone at all.
According to chapters like Myron's and Allison's, sometimes it's not always easy to be a good friend.
In Kathy's chapter, Sachar seems to be saying that the best way to make friends is to be open-minded.