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Piper's dad--the Navy Chief--might be gone again, but Piper's got plenty to keep her busy at home: new neighbors, a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and most important, the upcoming club pet show. Piper is determined to win, but teaching tricks to her dog seems nearly impossible. Bruna is simply unteachable! Or is she? Join Piper as she embarks on new and exciting adventures! Piper is a spunky heroine with lots of spirit--she's both kindhearted and bossy as she tries to find her place in the world as the middle sister.

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Piper's first-person narration will win over many readers with its accessible depiction of family's ups and downs. . . . Davenier's line-and-wash drawings illustrate the episodic story with wry humor. Booklist

Praise for Piper Reed, Navy Brat <br> Crisp writing from a National Book Award winner . . . Holt relays quotidian events with humor and insight...Davenier's dynamic line drawings convey the narrator's spunky personality. -- Publishers Weekly This easy chapter book . . . is spot on with the details of roving family life. . . . Launching a new series, Piper's foray sets sail with verve, fun, and spunk. -- Kirkus Reviews<br> <br>Awards and Honors for Kimberly Willis Holt: <br> <br>An ALA Notable Children's Book<br>An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults<br>A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Fiction<br>A Booklist Editors' Choice<br>A Horn Book Fanfare<br>A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year<br>A Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice<br>A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age<br>A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book

Piper's first-person narration will win over many readers with its accessible depiction of family's ups and downs. . . . Davenier's line-and-wash drawings illustrate the episodic story with wry humor. --Booklist Piper's first-person narration will win over many readers with its accessible depiction of family's ups and downs. . . . Davenier's line-and-wash drawings illustrate the episodic story with wry humor. Booklist Piper's first-person narration will win over many readers with its accessible depiction of family's ups and downs. . . . Davenier's line-and-wash drawings illustrate the episodic story with wry humor. --Booklist Praise for Piper Reed, Navy Brat Crisp writing from a National Book Award winner . . . Holt relays quotidian events with humor and insight...Davenier's dynamic line drawings convey the narrator's spunky personality. -- Publishers Weekly This easy chapter book . . . is spot on with the details of roving family life. . . . Launching a new series, Piper's foray sets sail with verve, fun, and spunk. -- Kirkus Reviews Awards and Honors for Kimberly Willis Holt: An ALA Notable Children's Book An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Fiction A Booklist Editors' Choice A Horn Book Fanfare A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book

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Kimberly Willis Holt is the author of the Piper Reed series, including Piper Reed, Navy Brat; Piper Reed, Clubhouse Queen; and Piper Reed, Rodeo Star. She has written many award-winning novels, including The Water Seeker and My Louisiana Sky, as well as the picture books Waiting for Gregory and Skinny Brown Dog. A former Navy brat herself, Holt was born in Pensacola, Florida, and lived all over the U.S. and the world--from Paris to Norfolk to Guam to New Orleans. Holt long dreamed of being a writer, but first worked as a radio news director, marketed a water park, and was an interior decorator, among other jobs. A few years after she started writing, her third book, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, won a National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She resides in West Texas with her family. Christine Davenier has illustrated numerous children's books, and won a New York Times Best Illustrated Award for The First Thing My Mama Told Me. She lives in Paris, France.

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