Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn." -- Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Bina faces her first summer without her best friend, Austin, who has left for soccer camp.

"Summer has come to Fernwood Forest, and the staff of the Heartwood Hotel must trust each other as they contend with their biggest challenge yet"--

Twelve-year-old Jacky spends the last weeks of summer at theater camp with new friends, lots of jokes, and plenty of drama.

The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah's been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There's something mysterious about Jasper,...

"From the living legend and award-winning author of Hatchet comes a laugh-out-loud middle-grade romp about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down." -- Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer.

Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

Claire Ladd and her two best friends, Ronan and Brianna, are turning 12 this summer. Claire has always been happy with her life just as it is, but as the summer wears on and the issues with her friends start to grow, she can't help but wonder if everything be better if she could just be someone else.