about the book
Most ten-year-olds don’t use the words impudent, unequivocally, or unilaterally, but tomboy Melody Bishop does. She likes words. So does her father, Henry. He is a high school humanities teacher and her only parent. Her mother died giving birth to her, so Melody doesn’t know much about her. If Melody asks, Henry gets too sad to answer.
When the phone rings late one night and Henry ends the conversation with the word “Honey,” Melody is thrilled and curious. Evidently her father is dating! Now his distracted behavior makes sense. He’s even been humming You are My Sunshine while burning dinner! Melody would love to have a nice stepmother, just like her friend, Nick Woo. Maybe someone who bakes cookies!
With rumors from her annoying six-year-old neighbor Teeny and help from Nick, Melody goes in search of clues to Honey’s identity. Melody is just hoping it isn’t Miss. Hogan, the meanest teacher in school. That would be a disaster!
One place to start searching is the newest rumor mill. The Bee Hive, a new nail salon, is owned and run by free-spirited Bee-Bee Churchill. Bee-Bee makes all her own nail polish colors and she enlists Melody’s help in naming all 100 new colors. While Melody is coming up with names like Silver Linings, Hot Cocoa, and Velveeta, Bee-Bee, who knew Melody’s mother before she died, offers some surprising information.
And here is one more amazing tidbit. Bee-Bee has a ten-year-old French bulldog, Mo…but he isn’t her dog! Though he doesn’t remember, he once belonged to Melody’s mother. Distraught after his wife’s death, Henry gave Mo to Bee-Bee “for a while.” Now the dog yearns to find the girl who keeps reappearing in his dreams, the life he lost, and a fate he knows is out there.
Melody, Mo, Henry, and Honey…where will their stories go from here?
about the author
Sarah Weeks had a problem when she was a kid. She loved music as much as she loved books! Raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a house filled with words, funny stories, and books, she ended up studying music composition at Hampshire College and graduate school at New York University.
Sarah was a singer/songwriter. She moved to New York City, got married, and raised her two boys doing all the usual kid things, but in New York style (Little League in Central Park and pizza only by the slice). While taking the kids to games and birthday parties, Sarah started to write again.
The boys, Gabe and Nat, are now grown, and Sarah doesn’t have time for songwriting anymore—she has written more than fifty books!
After her marriage ended in divorce, she met and happily married Jim Fyfe, a television producer. Now Sarah has a dog and a wonderful grown stepdaughter to share book ideas with. Sarah admits that she is just crazy about the pooch. Mia, a retriever/pitbull mix.
Sources:
Author website
Author video: Skokie Public Library
Book Trailer: Honey
Also by Sarah Weeks:
Save Me a Seat. Scholastic. 2016.
Pie. Scholastic. 2011.
As Simple As It Seems. Harper Collins. 2010.
Oggie Cooder, Party Animal!. Scholastic. 2009.
Jumping the Scratch. Laura Geringer Books. 2006.
Get Well Soon, Or Else (Boyds Will Be Boyds, Book 2). Scholastic. 2006.
So B. It. Laura Geringer Books. 2004.
Beware of Mad Dog! (Boyds Will Be Boyds, Book 1). Scholastic. 2004.
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