Books with title The snowball

Lainey Pike can tell you everything you need to know about the people in her family just by letting you know how they died. Her reckless stepfather drove his motorcycle off the highway and caused the biggest traffic jam in years. Her long-suffering grandmother lived through cancer and a heart attack before finally succumbing to a stroke. And Lainey's mother—well, Lainey's mother hanged herself in the basement just days after Lainey's high school graduation. Now Lainey's five-year-old brother is an orphan and her estranged older sister is moving back home to be his guardian. Meanwhile, Lainey's boyfriend is thinking about having a family of their own, and her best friends are always asking the wrong sorts of questions and giving advice Lainey doesn't want to hear. As she tries to pull away from everything familiar, Lainey meets an intriguing new guy who, through a series of Slurpees, burgers, and snowballs, helps her to make peace with a parent she never understood.

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home! Charles and Lizzie Peterson are very good with puppies. They want one of their own, but their mom isn't ready for them to have one full time. For now, they help take care of puppies that need to find a new home. They are a foster family for young dogs. The Peterson kids hear about Snowball. Someone left the fluffy puppy all alone at a gas station in a tattered, old box. Snowball is sick and hungry. He needs a family of his own. Can Charles and Lizzy find one that is just right?

Twirly is a helicopter involved in adventures during normal daily activities. Sam, his pilot, takes him on interesting missions that create adventure and surprise. The book is about heli-skiing and aspects of the unknown situations that can happen unexpectedly. Twirly loves being piloted by Sam, who explains the risks and dangers of scenarios that happen to them. The story begins when Twirly and Sam take four skiers to high mountain peaks to experience heli-skiing, only to have a natural cause create upset and worry. I can see Twirly wiping his brow as the experience becomes more intense and worrisome. My son was a helicopter pilot, flying on different missions, and was able to provide me with a better understanding of the things that have happened in his day of flying.