A wide range of adventurous themes and moving emotions. Stories in this collection focus on adversity, zombies, sadness, cider mills, and beyond. Read about sunny August mornings, free-roaming chickens, best friends, and fifth grade.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

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