Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different

As spring slowly turns to summer, a little boy builds a fort and plants a garden in impatient anticipation

With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer. Bridget: Impulsively sets off for Alabama, wanting to both confront her demons about her family and avoid them all at once. Lena: Spends a blissful week with Kostos, making the unexplainable silence that follows his visit even more painful. Carmen: Is concerned that her mother is making a fool of herself over a man....

"The sun stays out longer each day. Fireflies light up the night sky. When Summer arrives, it is time to get outside to play."--

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

From the dawn's first light to the full moon's gleam, animals enjoy a wonderful summer day

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.

Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"-- Publisher.

Pearl writes an essay about her complicated summer during which her father lost his job, her sister was her junior camp counselor, and she had an explosive fight with James Brubaker the Third.