Because of the Rabbit

This sweet, realistic fiction story centered around Emma.  She is attending school for the first time at the beginning of fifth grade.  She loved home schooling but is looking forward to public school - mostly because she knows she can make friends.  When that doesn't happen right away, she takes comfort in the new rescue animal at her house - a sweet bunny she has named Lapin.  The bunny ultimately becomes something she can have in common with her classmate - a sweet boy named Jack.  Soon, she realizes that when she stops trying so hard, and just presents her true self to her classmates, she has everything she needs.  (FIC LOR)