cover image It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World

It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World

Paula Danziger. Laurel Leaf Library, $3.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-94028-9

Best friends Rosie and Phoebe, last seen in The Divorce Express, are delighted when their single parents fall in love and move in together. At first Rosie thinks that she finally has the perfect family. Angry that Rosie's mother criticized her, and hurt that a trip with Rosie to Canada doesn't turn out as expected, Phoebe moves out. Rosie realizes that there is no perfect family, only human beings trying to love each other. (10-up)