Thereby Hangs a Tail
Harlem Shuffle
The Maytrees
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Lou Bigelow meets her husband-to-be, Toby Maytree, when Toby returns to Provincetown following WWII. In the house Lou inherits from her mother, they read, cook soup, play games with friends, vote and raise a child. Toby writes poetry and does odd jobs; Lou paints. Their unaffected bohemianism fits right in […]
Lawn Boy
Publisher Weekly Review: At the start of this witty, quick-moving tale from the Newbery author, a 12-year-old receives an unexpected birthday present from his grandmother: his late grandfather's riding lawn mower. Since his family's lawn is postage-stamp size with grass that never seemed to grow enough to need mowing, he's initially unsure what to do […]
The Sight
"There will be three, kin of your kin . . ." The wild cats have flourished in their new home on the banks of the lake for several seasons, and the Clans are growing strong and healthy with new kits. The time has come for three kits of ThunderClan to become apprentices. Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and […]
Summer Ball
School Library Journal Review: Gr 5?8?This novel continues the story of Danny Walker, the basketball-obsessed hero of Travel Team (Philomel, 2004). In the interval between the two books, the 13-year-old and his friends went on to win the travel-team championship. Now that they are heading off to summer basketball camp, Danny is feeling the pressure […]
Cam Jansen and the Summer Camp Mysteries
Cam Jansen and her best friend, Eric, are spending three weeks at Camp Eagle Lake. Along with sports, arts and crafts, and other fun activities, there are also three exciting mysteries to solve: The First Day of Camp Mystery, It's a Raid!, and The Basketball Mystery. With three camp mysteries in one book, this super […]
Evil Genius
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. With a series of breakneck twists and turns, Jinks's (the Pagan Chronicles) latest novel follows Cadel Piggott, a seven-year-old Australian boy with an incredible mind and a proclivity toward mischief: "He loved systems: phone systems, electrical systems, car engines, complicated traffic intersections." Following a string of disasters, which Cadel engineers […]
The Culinary Herbal
