The Fintastical Tales of Mari A. Fisch #2

Monica Brown handles the peer pressure storyline with the kind of moral clarity that parents appreciate without making it feel preachy to kids, and the black-and-white illustrations on every page and closing craft activities add genuine texture to what could have been a by-the-numbers chapter book. Readers new to the series should start with book one, but this is a solid entry for its target age.