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Gr 4–7—A gently told story about tough transitions, family and sibling love and stress, and evolving friendships. Thirteen year old Rachel's summer is filled with uncertainties. Her relationship with her longtime best friend, Micah, is being tested by new crushes and jealousies, and her family is having serious financial ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On Rachel's thirteenth birthday, new neighbors move in, affluent dilettante "farmers" who engage her, at minimum wage, to look after their animals while they're away during the week. She comes to love the menagerie, even Lucy, the surly pig destined for the butcher. In the meantime, her parents' money troubles have them worried and quarrelsome, which worries her little sister in turn. And then there's Micah, her forever best friend who struggles with his romantic feelings for her, even though she has told him sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On Rachel's thirteenth birthday, new neighbors move in, affluent dilettante "farmers" who engage her, at minimum wage, to look after their animals while they're away during the week. She comes to love the menagerie, even Lucy, the surly pig destined for the butcher. In the meantime, her parents' money troubles have them worried and quarrelsome, which worries her little sister in turn. And then there's Micah, her forever best friend who struggles with his romantic feelings for her, even though she has told him sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More