"Ivy used to be Anne the librarian’s favorite doll when she was a little girl. And when Anne finds Ivy again in the attic, she brings her to the library to join the Book Buddies, toys that can be checked out, just like books. But Ivy doesn’t want
to be borrowed. She wants to go back to the way things used to be when she was Anne’s favorite toy.
Fern, who is spending time with her dad and his new family, doesn’t want to go to the library—story time is for younger kids like her stepsiblings, Sophie and Ethan. And she definitely doesn’t want to borrow a doll. But Sophie insists and Fern ends
up borrowing Ivy. Can Fern and Ivy find a way to help each other adjust to a world that’s changed?
From Newbery Honor winner Cynthia Lord and celebrated artist Stephanie Graegin, here is the first in a heartwarming series about a group of friendly toys at the library and the children who borrow them."
"This 2007 Newbery Honor Book is a humorous and heartwarming debut about feeling different and finding acceptance.
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability.
She's spent years trying to teach David the rules—from 'a peach is not a funny-looking apple' to 'keep your pants on in public'—in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic
boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
'A heartwarming first novel'—Booklist"
