Isabella's Above-Ground Pool

By Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Alice Mead, Alice Weber

"I won't share 'cuz it's not fair " is nine-year-old IsabellaSpeedwalker-Juarez's motto. It's all because she's stuck in a roomwith her toddler brother, Dozer. Mom says Izzy has to adapt toGranny's tiny trailer, where they've just moved because moneyis tight and Mom is worried about losing her job at the gumfactory. Izzy knows what will make everything better - anabove-ground pool. She'll swim in it for hours, and she won'tshare it with anyone, not even her new classmates or her friendDeborah Nibblebitz-Fifer. With help from Zachary O'Toole, theneighborhood handyman - and from Deborah - Izzy plans tohold a car wash to raise money. But when things finally startto go her way, a tornado damages the neighborhood, and Izzybegins to rethink her motto. Sparkling illustrations and a large dose of warmhearted humormake Isabella's dilemma - and change of heart - easilyidentifiable to young readers everywhere.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374336172
• ISBN13: 9780374336172
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Why share? It's not fair!

Grumpy Isabella has to share a bedroom with her toddler brother. She hates sharing and dreams of having a swimming pool of her own that no one else can use. She finally saves enough money just as a tornado hits their tiny Texas town and a classmate's bedroom is ruined. Should she chip in and help? Great for class discussions on sharing, name-calling, arguing and making up afterwards. Isabella can get herself into more scrapes than a three toed armadillo! Funny illustrations!