Summer School for Smarties

About the Book

Summer School for Smarties

Jennifer Leigh Shaw knows there has been a BIG mistake. Summer school isn't for her! When will she do all the fun stuff with her friends?
"YUCK," is all Jennifer Leigh Shaw has to say about summer school.

What grown ups say about this book: I think kids will definitely identify with this story Cindy Vallar, retired school librarian, Maryland

a fun and entertaining read for children. Irene Milton, Allen A. Knoll, Publishers

a book kids would love; my own daughters read this with gusto! Mary Ann F. Kohl, Bright Ring Publishing

the result of very thoughtful work. Kathy Charner, Gryphon House Inc

promise of a good read. Karen Fisk, Tilbury House

What kids say about this book:

I wish I had a teacher like Ms. Sullivan.
I went to summer school once and it wasn't too bad.
I have a friend just like Shannon, and she likes purple too!
My friends are in a book club and they won the library book bash last summer.

What the author has to say to you:

Dear Readers,
Just to let you know, I personally spent four years in second grade. In middle and high school, I spent a lot of time in the guidance office. I was even in the principal's office for a while. The next thing I knew, I was in college and then I found myself at a university. I was there so long, learned so many words, read so many books, and took so many classes, they made me a professor. And, I'm still in school, even in the summer!
-Valerie Allen, Ed.D.

About the Author

Dr. Valerie Allen, psychologist and speaker, is a member of the National League of American Pen Women. She served on the Board of the Space Coast Writers' Guild and Florida Psychological Association. She published novels, Suffer the Little Children and Sins of the Father, and a nonfiction book, Write, Publish, Sell!