Ellen Yeomans

Kit is a typical teenager, happily engaged in school and family life, until her younger brother, Buddy, is stricken with cancer. All too soon Kit has to struggle not only with Buddy s death but also with the loss of her parents, who are consumed by their own grief. Yeomans captures both devastating loss and the beginnings of recovery in spare, lyrical verse that throbs with raw emotional power.

When a house full of grandmothers tries to determine who is the "best" grandma, a hilarious hullabaloo ensues When a mysterious yellow envelope arrives at Hollyhock House, it causes quite the hubbub. It's addressed simply to "the greatest grandmother in the world." The trouble is, there are a lot of grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and even a great-great-grandmother living at Hollyhock House. So who is the best grandmother? Whether your grandma...