Sharon Creech

After moving to Maine, city girl Reena is unexpectedly assigned to care for a stubborn cow named Zora for a local eccentric, and grows through the experience alongside her little brother.

Sequel to Love That Dog: Jack continues writing poems for Miss Stretchberry, working through his feelings about a neighborhood cat, his deaf mother, and language itself.

Twelve-year-old Annie loves to run barefoot, but this year brings a baby on the way, a grandfather growing forgetful, a moody running partner, and an assignment to draw the same apple for a hundred days.

Jack, a boy who insists poetry is for girls, writes poems for his teacher Miss Stretchberry in a series of journal entries and slowly finds the words to write about a dog he loved.