Summer Must Reads

With summer vacation only weeks away, I’m going to recommend my favorite reads from this year:

First, for my middle grade followers, the must-read series for the summer is the Tupelo Landing series by Sheila Turnage. The series starts with Three Times Lucky, a Newbery Honor Winner. The main character Mo LoBeau, whose life itself is one big mystery, ends up trying to solve her small town’s first murder. She feels she must since her best friend Dale is the chief suspect.

The book is stocked with marvelous supporting characters: The Colonel (who may or may not be a colonel) and Miss Lana, who took in Mo 11 years ago when she washed up in hurricane; Attila Celeste, the girl Mo hates most in 6^th grade; and Grandmother Miss Lacy Thornton.

The first mystery is followed by The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing  and The Odds of Getting Even.  All are pure entertainment from start to finish. The stories run the gammut of emotions from funny to tear jerking. They are guaranteed page-turners you won’t put down.