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Equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, Wrong Way Summer is a road-trip journey and coming-of-age story about one girl’s struggle to understand when a lie is really a lie, and when it’s something more: hope....

"Always remember you are the son of two proud nations," Elan's parents tell him when he turns 13. After celebrating his Bar Mitzvah in San Francisco, Elan, with his Jewish father and Native American mother, travels to New Mexico, where he takes part in a Pueblo manhood ceremony. Based on a true story.

A loving father carves carousel horses that represent members of his family as he saves money to bring them from Europe to America. This book is a work of historical fiction based on the stories of Jewish woodcarvers who came from the Old Country and turned their talents to carving carousel horses on Coney Island.

Papi is a bricklayer, and he works hard every day to help build the city, brick by brick. His son, Luis, works hard too - in school, book by book. Papi climbs scaffolds, makes mortar, and shovels sand. Luis climbs on the playground and molds clay into tiny bricks to make buildings, just like Papi. Together, they dream big about their future as they work to make those dreams come true. And then one Saturday, Papi surprises Luis with something special he's built for their family, brick by brick.

Alle i Arendal har travlt om foråret. Der skal sås afgrøder, røges fisk og plukkes tyttebær. Kristoffer skal bringe en masse is ud. Olaf vil gerne give gode krammere til alle. Og Elsa skal besøge kongeriget Tikaani. Imens skal Anna tage sig af Arendal. Søstrene er ikke helt enige om, hvordan man bedst når alt forårsarbejdet til tiden. Elsa mener ikke, der er tid til en fridag midt i den travle tid, men nu er Anna jo blevet ansvarshavende prinsesse, mens Elsa er væk.

Ind imellem savner prinsesse Aurora den tid, hvor hun boede sammen med de tre gode feer. Derfor beslutter hun sig for at holde en fest for dem. Festen skal være en overraskelse, men feerne er altid lige i nærheden, når Aurora prøver at komme videre med forberedelserne til festen. Er det mon muligt at distrahere feerne, så de ikke opdager noget, og så festen kan holdes hemmelig helt frem til festens start?

Tiana har altid drømt om at få sin egen restaurant, og nu bliver drømmen snart til virkelighed. Restaurantens store åbningsdag nærmer sig, og alle Tianas venner og familiemedlemmer kommer – og det gør en berømt madanmelder også! Pludseligt begynder alt at gå galt. Alligatoren Louis fra restaurantens band mister sin dyrebare trompet, og efter at gæsterne er ankommet, går strømmen. Mon Tiana får styr på det hele igen? Eller ender hendes store aften som en katastrofe?