Here are two titles that your child may like if he or she particularly likes wise cracking, smart alecky characters.  In The Getaway by Ed Vere, the mouse, who stole the cheese, is driving a motorbike to run away from the elephant investigator, and in Cat Secrets by JefCzekaj, a cat is reading a book, titled Cat Secrets, but the cat does not want to give away secrets to anyone who is not a cat--especially to you, the reader.  Both are fun and sharp, with a caustic attitude.  

Would you like to win a Kindle Fire?

If so, you should enter the Adult Summer Reading Celebration at Edenvale Branch Library or any San José branch library between now and July 31st, 2012.

It's really easy:

1. Enter at your local library or online.
2. Read a book every 2 weeks, review it (2 sentences is OK), submit your review, and you're entered into our bi-weekly prize drawing! You can read your review and others here!

Bi-weekly prizes include:

• Starbucks Gift Card®
• Flexible Book Light
• Re-usable book bags with goodies

3. You may submit your review online after setting up a personal account or you may pick up a paper review form at your local branch library, fill it out, and put the form into the Adult Summer Reading Box at the library.

What could be easier?

You're wondering: Where does the Kindle Fire fit in? Well, if you submit at least one short review between now and July 31st, 2012, you are entered into the Adult Grand Prize drawing for a Kindle Fire, which will be given out at the end of Summer Reading on July 31st, 2012.

Then you can do next summer's reading on your new Kindle Fire.