Amy Timberlake

Rural Wisconsin, 1871. Georgie is a 13 yr. old, outspoken, straight-shooting girl who helps run the family store, and adores her older sister Agatha. When Agatha runs away, and a body turns up wearing her special dress, the family assumes she has died. But Georgie doesn't buy it. She goes on a quest to find out what happened to Agatha, taking with her (unwillingly) her sisters former beau, Billy.

In search of Agatha, they find their share of adventure, including bad guys.

It's a lively story with millions of nesting pigeons in the mix.

I don't know how middle grade students would respond to Georgie, but to me her voice is very adult. I know people grew up a lot faster 150 years ago, but still, Georgie seems like an adult, or a much older teen.

And I was frustrated that the ending, which was positive for Georgie and her family, did not include what might have happened to the romance of Agatha and Mr. Olmstead.… (lisätietoja)

Nadie quiere una mofeta. No se abre la puerta a una mofeta. No se la invita a pasar. Especialmente, si en la casa se desarrolla una «importante labor petrológica». Y, por supuesto, jamás se debería permitir que se mudara allí. Pero Mofeto ha llegado a casa de Tejón para quedarse, y no hay nada que él pueda hacer al respecto. Aunque su mundo se ponga patas arriba.

El primer título de la serie donde conoceremos a Mofeto y a Tejón, dos opuestos destinados a ser compañeros y a compartir el mismo techo. A lo largo de la historia, descubriremos lo que realmente significa la amistad, la convivencia y la empatía. Un relato lleno de humor y ternura, una joya literaria que se presta a ser leída en voz alta.… (lisätietoja)