Jelly Bean Summer

Jelly Bean Summer

Joyce Magnin

Joyce Magnin

Sometimes a new point of view is closer than you think...Joyce is desperate to get out of the room she shares with her older sister. All she wants is some peace and quiet, not the kind of quiet that fills the space left by her missing brother. It's the kind where you can breath deep and see the stars.So she moves to the roof. Up there it's nothing but blue sky. Blue sky and...another roof dweller? Joyce soon discovers she's not the only one who's been driven to rooftop living. With the help of a pair of binoculars, a sketch pad, and a pen, Joyce makes an unexpected friend and sets in motion a summer she'll never forget.
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Harriet Beamer Takes the Bus

Harriet Beamer Takes the Bus

Joyce Magnin

Joyce Magnin

With equal parts quirky and charming, Harriet's first adventure in Harriet Beamer Takes the Bus begins when her children decide to 'put her out to pasture.' She reluctantly agrees to move from Pennsylvania to California, seizing the opportunity to travel city-to-city using nothing but local buses, trains, and the occasional motorcycle.
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Carrying Mason

Carrying Mason

Joyce Magnin

Joyce Magnin

When Luna's best friend Mason dies, she's determined to hold onto his memory. Moving in with Mason's mentally disabled mother, Ruby Day, Luna takes over the cooking and cleaning. But trouble arrives in the form of Ruby Day's aunt, who wants her niece put away in a mental institution. It will take all Luna's willpower to defeat the aunt, and along the way she'll learn what it means to lay down one's life for a friend.
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