The Silver Moon of Summer | Leila Howland
In the third and final book in the middle grade trilogy that Newbery Honor winner Rita Williams-Garcia raved is brimming with hilarity and sisterly hijinks, Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily Silver return to Cape Cod for another unforgettable summer. This summer, the town of Pruet is turning 300, and a huge celebration is planned. On their first night back east, the girls make a promise not to fight with each other, ensuring that this will be the best summer yet. It shouldnt be too hard. Each sister, after all, has her own focus during the visit. Marigold makes it her mission to befriend Chloe, the famous director Philip Rathbones niece, who is working on the set of her uncles upcoming television series. Zinnie is busy creating an attention-grabbing blog to help her chances of becoming editor-in-chief of her schools literary journal. And Lily has become quite the explorer with her science day camp group. All seems to be going smoothly until Zinnies growing friendship with Chloe leaves Marigold feeling hurt. Her little sister is stealing her new best friendwhy cant Zinnie just stop intruding on Marigolds life? With the divide between the girls growing deeper, Marigold, Zinnie, and Lily worry its impossible for them to go a summer without a big fight. The same silver moon may hang in the night sky each year, but the sisters below it are changing in ways they have yet to understand. If they grow apart, more than a promise could be at risk. But if they grow togetherthe skys the limit.