July/August 2009
— A girl races to catch waves on the last days of summer, gets tumbled by a big swell, then eagerly paddles back out for more.
— Keeping Score, by Linda Sue Park; Clarion Books: New York, 2008; $16 Before I read Keeping Score, when I thought of baseball, I thought of boys. I thought the only...
— During community service punishment, Bailey watches ducks struggle free from thorns and finds hope for her parents battling her father's cancer.