Holly Goldberg Sloan

"From New York Times bestselling author Holly Goldberg Sloan, a hilarious and heartfelt novel for fans of Maria Semple and Emma Straub about a family trying to restore a ramshackle beachside motel-and their own lives. What good was thinking the future only held cloudy skies? Wasn't the reality that pieces of blue were always there, waiting to break through? When Paul Hill drowns in a surfing accident, he leaves his wife, Lindsey, and their three children...

Missing her mother who has returned to Turkey to resolve an immigration problem, sixth-grader Sila welcomes a very large distraction in her life when she helps a surprising new friend rescue a circus elephant.

The happily-ever-after that teenagers Sam and Emily envisioned for themselves is turned on its head when Sam's unstable father makes a jailbreak and comes after his sons and Emily for revenge.

Mama has trained up her marsupial babies in the ways of their breed, and now it's time for all of the possums--even Appleblossom--to discover the world. Little Appleblossom knows the rules: she must only be awake at night, and she must avoid cars, humans, and the most dreaded monsters of all: Dogs. But despite the warnings, the littlest possum spies on a human family and accidentally falls down their chimney! Appleblossom, her faithful brothers--who...

Whispers, an innocent baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated from his mother Gentle Heart. In his desperate search to find her, he meets the cynical loner Groove, an outcast from her own herd who never wanted to be a mother. Together, this unlikely pair braves danger after danger on their journey to find water and Whispers' mother.

A boy, praying for his father's return, and the California Angels, praying for a pennant, join forces and learn to believe that anything is possible.

Angels in the outfield. A boy, praying for his father's return, and the California Angels, praying for a pennant, join forces and learn to believe that anything is possible. Angels in the infield. The daughter of a big league pitcher on a losing streak prays for some help to restore his self-confidence. Her prayers are answered - sort of - with the arrival of the late, almost great, Bob Bugler.