Isabella's AboveGround Pool Author:Alice Mead ?I won?t share ?cuz it?s not fair!? is nine-year-old Isabella — Speedwalker-Juarez?s motto. It?s all because she?s stuck in a room — with her toddler brother, Dozer. Mom says Izzy has to adapt to — Granny?s tiny trailer, where they?ve just moved because money — is tight and Mom is worried about losing her job at the gum — factory. Izzy knows what wil... more »l make everything better ? an
above-ground pool. She?ll swim in it for hours, and she won?t
share it with anyone, not even her new classmates or her friend
Deborah Nibblebitz-Fifer. With help from Zachary O?Toole, the
neighborhood handyman ? and from Deborah ? Izzy plans to
hold a car wash to raise money. But when things finally start
to go her way, a tornado damages the neighborhood, and Izzy
begins to rethink her motto.
Sparkling illustrations and a large dose of warmhearted humor
make Isabella?s dilemma ? and change of heart ? easily