Isabella's Above-Ground Pool

by Alice Mead, Alice Weber, Maryann Cocca-Leffler (Illustrator)

"I won't share 'cuz it's not fair!" is nine-year-old Isabella
Speedwalker-Juarez's motto. It's all because she's stuck in a room
with her toddler brother, Dozer. Mom says Izzy has to adapt to
Granny's tiny trailer, where they've just moved because money
is tight and Mom is worried about losing her job at the gum
factory. Izzy knows what will make everything better - an
above-ground pool. She'll swim in it for hours, and she won't
share it with anyone, not even her new classmates or her friend
Deborah Nibblebitz-Fifer. With help from Zachary O'Toole, the
neighborhood handyman - and from Deborah - Izzy plans to
hold a car wash to raise money. But when things finally start
to go her way, a tornado damages the neighborhood, and Izzy
begins to rethink her motto.

Sparkling illustrations and a large dose of warmhearted humor
make Isabella's dilemma - and change of heart - easily
identifiable to young readers everywhere.

112 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Alice Mead is the author of many books for young readers, as well as a painter and human rights advocate. Though confined to a wheelchair, she lives independently in Maine.

Reviews

[Pamela Rabon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cute story.

[Annika · Rating 2 out of 5]

isabella is my favorite character in the story.
she doss do spors like me.
dozer has a brthday.
isabella dozent half enif mune to get the pool.
So deborah and isabella enter a coontest.

[Preeti · Rating 1 out of 5]

i leared how to share. go with izzy and her friends as she learns how to share alot of things!!!

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not great, but an amusing story for young girls.

[Adrian · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good book and a smart mouth kid!lol.