On the Road to Mr. Mineo's

By Barbara O'Connor - 

I checked this book out from the library.  I had heard good buzz about it so decided to read it.  It's about life in a small South Carolina town - Meadville.  It's summer and it's hot - folks are stuck in their own rut; doing the same thing every day.  Until a one-legged pigeon named Sherman makes his appearance and brings a bit of chaos into everyone's life.  

This is a fun book.  It's short (192 pages) and each chapter in the book is also short which would make it a great read-aloud choice for elementary aged kids - 4th and 5th graders.  There is mention of both adults and kids "cussing" but no actual  "cuss words" appear in the book.  Lots of discussion possibilities about what they would have done in certain circumstances.