CAUDILL NOMINEES 2015

The last of my summer reading and the first of my new school year reading are the 2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award nominees for 2015. It looks like another great group of nominated titles. The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin tells the story of Oona, her younger brother Fred, and Zook (short for Zucchini) their cat. Zook is at the vet's and very sick. To help calm Fred's fears that Zook will never come home from the vet's, Oona develops stories about Zook's first four lives, saying that Zook is currently in his fifth live out of nine total. Oona learned her storytelling skills (she calls them whoppers) from her dad who died when Fred was a baby. Her stories also help her deal with the fact that her mom has a boyfriend. This funny and sad animal story is also a sad and funny people story.

This book will be available for checkout by the end of September. Watch the New Books shelf for it.