This month Amberly students and families will be reading Save Me a Seat by Ann Arbor native Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan. It was also a Battle of the Books selection for 2019, so many of our 5th graders have already read it. While the authors plan to continue Joe and Ravi's story in a sequel due out soon, here are some other books by Sarah Weeks that you might enjoy reading. Later in the month, I will post another list of related books that might help your family continue the conversation.
Eleven-year-old Verbena Polter gets through a difficult summer of turbulent emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with an odd new friend who believes she is the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before. (5th grade and up)
When his best friend is seriously injured in a bike accident, Guy recounts their first meeting and how the friendship grew despite the weird antics of Guy's eccentric mother. (3rd grade and up)
Oogie Cooder
Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager. (2nd grade and up) 
Pie
Alice's Aunt Polly passes away and entrusts the recipe for her world-famous pie crust to her cat, which she leaves in Alice's care, and as everyone, including Alice, tries to discover the secret ingredients, Alice learns some important lessons about faith, love, and family. (3rd grade and up)
So B. It
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. (5th grade and up)
Two Eggs, Please
Everyone in a diner orders eggs.....but there are so many ways to enjoy them! (all ages)
More Links
- Interview with the authors of Save Me a Seat.
- Search the Portage District Library catalog for other books by Sarah Weeks.
- Visit Sarah Weeks' home page.
