Harold & Hog Pretend for Real!By Dan Santat Harold the elephant and Hog are best friends. They can’t wait to pretend to be Elephant and Piggie! But Harold is too carefree to be Gerald, and Hog is to careful to be Piggie. What will they do? When they suddenly get the idea to switch roles, […]
Just JaimeBy Terri Libenson Jaime and Maya have been friends forever, but lately they seem to be growing apart. They’ve formed a group with Celia and Grace, but it seems to Jaime that the three other girls are subtly making fun of her. She just doesn’t seem to fit anymore. For her part, Maya isfeeling […]
Bear Country: Bearly A MisadventureBy Doreen Cronin That crazy Chicken Squad is back with another mystery to solve. This time, their caretaker, Barbara, is missing! She hasn’t kept to her usual routine, and now she’s not home. The Chicken Squad soon discovers that young Anna McClanahanahan’s hamster is missing too. Then they get reports of […]
Front DeskBy Kelly Yang Mia Tang and her parents have immigrated from China to California. Although the Tangs had excellent jobs in China, they are struggling to find work in the United States. When they land a job managing a motel, they think they’ve hit the jackpot. The pay is good, the whole family can […]
Disappearing EarthBy Julia Phillips On the Kamchatka Penninsula, a relatively isolated part of Russia, two girls go missing. Eleven-year-old Alyona and eight-year-old Sophia, alone and trusting, accept a ride from an unknown man and vanish. Disappearing Earth then moves through each month of the subsequent year, telling the stories of a wide variety of characters, […]
Survivor Diaries: Avalanche! By Terry Lynn Johnson Ashley and Ryan are twelve-year-old twins. Both love to ski and have experience ski touring. Although Ashley is a very competent skier, she is constantly trying to keep up with Ryan, who excels at everything. When Ashley and Ryan separate from their parents on a ski trip, they […]
by Linda Holmes Evvie Drake Starts Over, by Linda Holmes, is a light read for those who are looking for a refreshing tale for summer. Evvie Drake is recently widowed, her doctor husband having been the apple of everyone’s eye in their small Maine town. His golden boy reputation has outlived him and he […]