The Summer of the Swans Author:Betsy Byers This Newbery Medal winner is a story about Sara. "This has been the worst summer of my life," she says. She hates that boy, Joe Melby...Aunt Willie has never been so bossy...and even Charlie, her gentle, brain-damaged brother is a pest - screaming to stay at the lake and watch the swans! — Then Charlie disappears. And now, all that matters to ... more »Sara is finding her helpless little brother.« less