But Gram is convinced someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm. And packed away in the moving boxes under her clothes and gymnastics trophies is a secret she'd rather forget. Mia's change in scenery brings day camp, new friends, and time with her beloved grandmother. She lives in Ellington, Connecticut, with her family.Ī deftly layered mystery about family, friendship, and the struggle to speak up."- Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Speak and Shout. From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery. When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she's recovering from the broken arm she got falling off a balance beam.
Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo is the author of RUBY IN THE SKY, which earned two starred reviews and which Booklist called "quietly magical." She is also a volunteer with IRIS-Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services () in New Haven, Connecticut. A Galaxy of Sea Stars is about family, loyalty, and the hard choices we face in the name of friendship. But as Izzy and Sitara grow closer, Izzy must make a choice: stay in her comfort zone and risk betraying her new friend, or speak up and lose the Sea Star Posse forever. Izzy doesn't know what to make of Sitara, with her hijab and refusal to eat cafeteria food, and her presence disrupts the Sea Star Posse. But everything changes when Izzy's father invites his former interpreter's family, including twelve-year-old Sitara, to move in. Most of all, she wants Piper, Zelda, and herself-the Sea Star Posse-to stay best friends. She wants her mom to move back to the marina where they live. In this heartfelt middle-grade novel, Izzy's quiet beach town life is upended when a new friendship with a Muslim girl teaches her about acceptance, respect, and being true to what is right. Izzy is starting sixth grade, and she wants her dad to act like he did before he was deployed to Afghanistan. She and her husband divide their time between upstate New York and New York City. Prior to writing for children, she taught early childhood education, owned an indie bookstore, pursued a doctorate in anthropology, and raised a flock of sheep. Linda Elovitz Marshall is an award winning children's writer who loves travel, swimming, and reading.
Because of her efforts, it's been preserved just as she left it. This beautiful picture book shines a light on Beatrix Potter's lesser-known history and her desire to do something for the greater good. To save it, Beatrix used the money from the success of her books and bought acres and acres of land and farms to prevent the development of the countryside that both she and Peter Rabbit so cherished. She would eventually move to the countryside full-time, but developers sought to change the land.
There, she crafted The Tale of Peter Rabbit. As Beatrix spent her summers in the country and found inspiration in nature, it was through this passion that her creativity flourished. But she longed to do something important, something that truly mattered. Girls didn't go to school and weren't expected to work. Growing up in London, Beatrix Potter felt the restraints of Victorian times.
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