Isabella's Above-Ground Pool

"I won't share 'cuz it's not fair!" is nine-year-old Isabella

Speedwalker-Juarez's motto. It's all because she's stuck in a room

with her toddler brother, Dozer. Mom says Izzy has to adapt to

Granny's tiny trailer, where they've just moved because money

is tight and Mom is worried about losing her job at the gum

factory. Izzy knows what will make everything better – an

above-ground pool. She'll swim in it for hours, and she won't

share it with anyone, not even her new classmates or her friend

Deborah Nibblebitz-Fifer. With help from Zachary O'Toole, the

neighborhood handyman – and from Deborah – Izzy plans to

hold a car wash to raise money. But when things finally start

to go her way, a tornado damages the neighborhood, and Izzy

begins to rethink her motto.

Sparkling illustrations and a large dose of warmhearted humor

make Isabella's dilemma – and change of heart – easily

identifiable to young readers everywhere.