AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES, JANET TAYLOR LISLE

Janet Taylor Lisle&;s captivating Newbery Honor book explores how, like friendship, magic can emerge when you least expect it&;and when you need it most. All you have to do is look deep.

Anything might happen in Sara-Kate&;s backyard. For that matter, anything was happening.
For nine-year-old Hillary Lenox, being friends with Sara-Kate Connolly is a complicated business. Sara-Kate&;s clothes don&;t match, her hair&;s a mess, and she&;s known to spit at people when they make her mad. But when Sara-Kate shows Hillary the tiny elf village in her overgrown backyard, Hillary decides she can&;t be as awful as all that.