No Sisters Sisters Club

Bailey Fish Adventures #2

by Linda Salisbury, Christopher A. Grotke (Illustrator)

This sequel to The Wild Women of Lake Anna; is part of an award-winning adventure series for ages 8-12. This book was a silver finalist in the Florida Publishers Association book contest. Bailey Fish, 11, is starting to enjoy her new life in Central Virginia after her traveling mother sends her to live with her grandmother, Sugar. Suddenly strangers arrive--a father Bailey does not know and an annoying half sister, Norma Jean. Norma Jean is not like Bailey's best friends, who are more like real sisters. Norma Jean even sees the good in Justin, a former bully, who is raising a pet crow. Bailey and her best friends form the No Sisters Sisters Club to exclude Norma Jean. Attitudes change when the sisters learn that they must work together to solve the scary mysteries of Bailey's stolen kitten and a fire at an old house. Then, a drive with their father for ice cream is not the adventure Bailey expects. Each of the books in the realistic adventure series features historical nuggets--this, Jack Jouett's ride (Revolutionary era), and the Battle of Trevilian Station (Civil War), discussion questions, maps, photos, glossary and Web and book resources. The illustrator is Christopher Grotke.

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2005

About the author

A graduate of Oberlin College with a degree in English, Linda is an author and journalist. Among her 16 books published to date are the award-winning Bailey Fish Adventure series (nine books so far), "Mudd Saves the Earth," a humorous environmental book for kids, and for growun-ups, "Mother's: A novel of hoarding, friending and mischief," and "But You Don't Look Funny," a collection of readers' favorites from her weekly column that spanned more than two decades.

Linda is a mother and grandmother, a former foster parent (which has shaped her children's stories), and loves to travel and boat with her husband. She reads constantly despite cats fighting for lap space. She is passionate about music and plays cello and viola at every opportunity.

Reviews

[Terry]

Every time I tried to put down the book, I found myself saying "one more chapter." You've barely started reading, and the author engages you in Bailey's world, especially her emotions. I love how she drew on the other books in Frank Baum's Land of Oz series to build out this story. U doubt few kids knew there was anything other than The Wizard of Oz.

This fast-paced chapter book offers pre-teens a story with wonderful characters, mystery and adventure, and themes they can relate to:.