The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton and Brett Helquist, Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge longs for adventure, but leads a boring life on the Island in the Middle of Everything. That is until she overhears a life-altering secret that sets her out on an incredible journey. It turns out that Mount Majestic and it's rising and falling mountain in the center of the island is not really a mountain - it's the belly of a sleeping giant! Will Persimmony and her friend Worvil successfully convince the island's quarreling inhabitants that a sleeping giant is in their midst and must not be awakened? Paperback, 352 pages. Recommended for ages 8 to 12 years old.
