Jess is going into the fifth grade. He likes to draw, and he wants to be the fastest runner in the school. Leslie moves in next door. She is also in fifth grade. She is an only child, and very smart. The two become best friends, and find a secret place where they can go.

This book has drawings by Donna Diamond.

Written on about a fourth-grade reading level. This book won the Newbery Medal. It is also a book that people often try to ban. The reasons for trying to keep people from reading this book are: bad language; allegedly promotes the occult; supposed sexual content. I do not understand where the last complaint comes from.

I left this book as swag in the geocache called Fort Ridgely State Park Call of the Wildflowers.

I am giving away this nook as part of two book release challenges at BookCrossing: Movie Books, and Never Judge a Book by Its Cover, week 17 (pairs).

Found the book at Fort Ridgely State Park and moved it north to another geocache.

Guess where?

The next person to find it will have to tell....