Dining with Squirrels

Part memoir, part travel guide, totally inspirational. Lynne and Tim Martin sell their house at age 70 and hit the road, living in Argentina, Mexico, France, England, and Ireland all in one year, determined to be locals and not tourists and to embrace their philosophy of “postpone nothing.” YES!

Fun and touching YA novel about Amy and Roger who embark on a cross-country drive to reunite with parents. Strangers, they find themselves in that out-of-time-and-place space that you can only know if you’ve been on a road trip (especially through somewhere desolate). Amy grieves the recent death of her father and the emotional absence […]

A great middle school fiction about what makes a family. Carley is sent to live with a foster family, the Murphys, after a violent encounter with her stepfather. Lynda Mulally Hunt totally gets the confusion and pain, want and need of a child trying to figure out love, family, and self. Lucy’s reading it now. […]