For fans of Eerie, Elementary, Bailey School Kids, and The Notebook of Doom, the second book in a magical, spooky new chapter book series about friendship, community restoration and involvement, and helping your neighbors . . . even if some of them may be monsters.The local humane society is hosting a puppy adoption day on the Shiver-by-the-Sea town common, and Bella Gossi, her friend, Cooper, and his basset hound, Casper go to check out the dogs. Bella’s immediately drawn to a shy, scruffy, scraggly puppy at the far edge of the pen. When every other puppy gets adopted, Bella, feeling sorry for the little pup, agrees to foster her over the weekend while the shelter figures out what to do with her.
But when the sun goes down, the sleepy, scruffy pup goes positively wild in Uncle Van’s house—racing around, chewing everything she can get her teeth on, and howling at the moon. Can Bella figure out what’s up with the pup before some unsuspecting family takes her home?
Erin Dionne is well-established in the middle grade humor space, beginning with her debut, Edgar Award finalist,
Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking. Her books for middle grade and tweens include
Models Don’t Eat Chocolate Cookies,
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet, and
Notes from an Accidental Band Geek, among others. She’s also written two picture books.
Captain’s Log: Snowbound, illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler, which received a starred review from
Kirkus, and
Balletball.
Erin is a school visit queen, teaches writer’s workshops, is a strong promoter, and active in the New England Writer’s community (an area rich in indies).
Shiver-by-the-Sea is her first venture into chapter books.
She teaches at Montserrat College of Art and lives outside of Boston, not too far from Salem (which Shiver-by-the-Sea is loosely modeled on) with her husband and two children.
Jenn Harney has illustrated Jenn Hamburg’s Hazy Bloom series and Susan Lurie’s Wanda Seasongood books. She is also the illustrator of many picture books, including her own
Swim Swim Sink and
Underwear!, Josh Crute’s
Hornswoggled!, Ann Marie Stephens’s
Catastrophe, and Ame Dyckman’s forthcoming
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide. Jenn lives in Cleveland(ish) with her family, a corgi named Steve and the ghost of the oldest living goldfish in North America.
