A young girl wrestles with anticipation and impatience as she waits through a long, hot afternoon for evening--and the fireflies--to arrive.

"This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland."--Publisher's description.

A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat.

In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.

After having a fight two friends spent the day ignoring each other, until the lure of a game of jump rope helps them forget about being mad.

"Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han. It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly...