but Paz Espino knows it was no accident — there's a monster under the town

poignant and—most important—hopeful

"It has the compulsive readability of Gossip Girl

Young naturalist Sammie loves to do field research in a special stretch of wilderness in the suburbs—but now she must protect it

Capybara learns a valuable lesson

Trouble Ivan Doig but Paz Espino knows itHenry Smiths father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you. But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henrys older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklins preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the schooland in the well established town where Henrys family has lived for