(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jeremiah Trammell. "I'll run and / laugh and / play all night / under the midnight sun." Simple verse describes how a girl, her younger brother, and Mama take a walk through Alaskan meadows and celebrate the solstice's nighttime sun with a picnic. Landscape and wildlife are realistically and ably portrayed in the art, but, incongruously, the human figures resemble wooden puppets.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(4) 4-6 As his half-brother's fanatical devotion to nature increases, high schooler Josh begins to chafe against life in the Alaskan wilderness. While Josh plots a return to city living, his unbalanced brother riskily chooses to hole up with a hibernating bear. The rural Alaska setting is compelling, but the most interesting aspects of the plot took place some time before the novel began and remain unexplored, making this book read like a sequel.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta