Sweet & Sour Lily
Sally Warner
Hardcover
(Knopf Books for Young Readers, July 21, 1998)
Six-year-old Lily Hill takes life by the horns in these funny and enjoyable chapter books for grade-schoolers. The irrepressible Lily learns the hard way how to make friends in a new school. After moving from a small town to the big city of Philadelphia, Lily is eager to make friends and a good impression at Betsy Ross Primary School. But her plans backfire when she brings her cherished doll, Lilanna, to school and Lily is labeled a troublemaker. Lily must learn that the ability to apologize and forgive can make life a lot happier. Humorous and helpful, Sweet and Sour Lily takes on universal kid issues in a refreshing, funny, and thoughtful way that will keep kids reading.
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