Tara is also a recovering full-time RVer (2.5 years all over North America) and a decade before that, a round-the-world honeymooner (2 years, 74 countries!). Tara's debut picture book, DESERT GIRL, MONSOON BOY, illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan, was named to many best-of-the-year lists. Blog: /blog Facebook: /TaraDairmanAuthor Twitter: /#!/TaraDa Tara Dairman is the author of the middle-grade novels THE GIRL FROM EARTH'S END (3.14.23, Candlewick), and ALL FOUR STARS, THE STARS OF SUMMER, STARS SO SWEET, and THE GREAT HIBERNATION (all published by Penguin Random House). in Creative Writing from Dartmouth College and is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Please note, neither of these books were approved for our conservative library.Tara Dairman is the author of the middle-grade novels THE GIRL FROM EARTH'S END (3.14.23, Candlewick), and ALL FOUR STARS, THE STARS OF SUMMER, STARS SO SWEET, and THE GREAT HIBERNATION (all published by Penguin Random House). Can Gladys be honest with her parents and Fiona while helping all her friends? Plus, Hamilton is being strangely quiet and Charissa and Parm are acting weird. In order to do this though, she needs to join all the clubs. In middle school, Gladys learns that she can help all the different clubs by helping them bake desserts to sell. Luckily her Aunt Lydia is still with them and volunteers to help her. She is starting middle school and she needs to come clean to her parents and editor about the whole reviewing restaurants thing. After the ceremony, Glayds determines to tell her parents about the whole reviewing thing, but then Aunt Lydia comes home. At the Ceremony, Gladys saves Fiona from an awful embarrassment and helps Hamilton work through his feeling. He asks her to accompany him to the Kid’s Award Ceremony. She also finds a kinda new boyfriend, Hamilton Herbertson, the boy who wrote Zombietown.

While this might seem problematic, it allows Gladys and her parents to bond over different hot dogs and trips to New York. She is also assigned a new assignment from Fiona: find the best hot dog in New York City. Thankfully, she assigned to kitchen duty. So Gladys goes to summer camp as a counselor. Gladys’ parents are thrilled! Now, Gladys can make new friends. Charissa gave Gladys a free coupon for summer camp to Gladys for her birthday. Unfortunately, her parents have other ideas. The Stars of Summer: It’s summer, so Gladys can’t wait to cook all day and try so many new recipes. Title: The Stars of Summer & Stars so Sweet

Stars So Sweet by Tara Dairman