The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy

The Family Fletcher is back!

This time they're spending the month of August on Rock Island -- just like they do every summer.

The boys are looking forward to all of their favorite things about Rock Island -- playing soccer on the beach, going for ice cream in town, and most of all the lighthouse.

But this year, change is coming to Rock Island!

For the first time ever, there are people staying in the big house next door with children.  There is an ice cream that comes out to their house.  And worst of all, the lighthouse is closed due to safety concerns.


This is the second book about the Fletcher family.  It's a lot of fun to catch up with the four boys during the summer.  Those who read the first book -- The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher -- will definitely want to read this book.

My Summer Vacation . . .

It's summer!  So let's read some books about kids and their summer vacations . . .

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.

Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
Unhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.

The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
Jack is practically invisible at home, but when his parents send him to Hazelwood, Iowa, to spend a summer with his odd aunt and uncle, he suddenly makes friends, is beaten up by the town bully, and is plotted against by the richest man in town.

Dreamer, Wisher, Liar by Charise Mericle Harper
Ashley's summer is filled with babysitting, letters to her best friend at camp, and a wish jar filled with secret revelations that help her understand her mother in a whole new way.


More Books About Summer Vacation --
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation by Tom Greenwald
The Cottonmouth Club by Lance Marcum
Crow by Barbara Wright
The Get Rich Quick Club by Dan Gutman
Hunter Moran Hangs Out by Patricia Reilly Giff
Justin Case: Shells, Smells and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom by Rachel Vail
Notes from a Dog by Gary Paulsen
The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors
Sparrow Road by Sheila O'Connor
Spitting Image by Shutta Crum
Sports Camp by Rich Wallace
Summer of the War by Gloria Whelan


Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through July 31, 2015.