Love, Ruby Lavender
by:  Deborah Wiles

Ruby Lavender is sad. Her grandmother and best friend took off to Hawaii to visit her new smelly grand-baby.
So, Ruby becomes best friends with the chickens that she and her grandmother stole rescued.

Very good!

The Aurora County All-Stars
by:  Deborah Wiles

House Jackson has a secret.  For the past year, while mending a broken elbow, he has spent every afternoon at the bedside of a mysterious old man.  The other kids call him mean-man Boyd.

When House is finally healed and ready to play in the only game of the year, the game may get cancelled thanks to the very girl that broke his arm.

Very good.

Each Little Bird That Sings
by:  Deborah Wiles

10 year old Comfort Snowberg knows a thing or two about death.  Her family owns the town funeral home and she has been to 247 funerals.  She can tell you which casseroles are worth tasting, whom to sit next to, and whom to avoid at all cost - like her brat cousin, Peach.

...life is full of surprises and the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.

Very good!