Isabella's Above-Ground Pool

" I won ' t share ' cuz it ' s not fair! " is nine-year-old Isabella Speedwalker-Juarez ' s motto. It ' s all because she ' s stuck in a room with her toddler brother, Dozer. Mom says Izzy has to adapt to Granny ' s tiny trailer, where they ' ve just moved because money is tight and Mom is worried about losing her job at the gum factory. Izzy knows what will make everything better - an above-ground pool. She ' ll swim in it for hours, and she won ' t share it with anyone, not even her new classmates or her friend Deborah Nibblebitz-Fifer. With help from Zachary O ' Toole, the neighborhood handyman - and from Deborah - Izzy plans to hold a car wash to raise money. But when things finally start to go her way, a tornado damages the neighborhood, and Izzy begins to rethink her motto. Sparkling illustrations and a large dose of warmhearted humor make Isabella ' s dilemma - and change of heart - easily identifiable to young readers everywhere.Mead, Alice is the author of 'Isabella's Above-Ground Pool', published 2006 under ISBN 9780374336172 and ISBN 0374336172.