New Releases by Susan Patron

Traditional Chinese edition of The Higher Power of Lucky

The residents of Hard Pan, California, come together to help Brigitte and Lucky when the County Health Department threatens to close down the cafe, and meantime Miles''s life is complicated by his mother''s return.

Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy.

the jam in the sandwich Sometimes that''s how PK feels, squeezed in between her supersmart older sister, Megan, and her superadorable younger sister, Rabbit -- especially now, with Megan almost a teenager and becoming impossible, and Rabbit worrying about going to kindergarten. Why can''t people stay the same? But there''s an even bigger change afoot: Mama has decided they should move to a larger apartment. How can they leave behind the big blue chair that''s almost like a member of the family? But maybe, just maybe, in a new home PK can find out what makes her as special as her sisters.