Readers in Grades 2-3: Join us this month to discuss “Gracie Under the Waves” by Linda Sue Park, a story of unexpected friendship, adventure, and discovery on a snorkeling vacation in the Caribbean.

Gracie Kim loves snorkeling. She researches and talks her parents into booking an affordable family vacation to an island in the Caribbean Sea near the world’s second-largest coral reef. What happens to her then is a roller-coaster of thoughts and emotions, as she experiences joy, wonder, pain, disappointment, fear, and courage while dealing with her highly active younger brother, Ben; a family of scientists who work in preserving and studying the reef; and the wonders and dangers of the ocean.

Join us for Cover to Cover on May 19 to discuss “Grace Under the Waves” by Linda Sue Park, which you can borrow from the Circulation or Information desks at the Connie Morella Library, along with the specially prepared reading guide. Just ask for the May book for “Cover to Cover!” You can also borrow electronic versions of the novel through the library’s free apps: as either an ebook or e-audiobook on Libby (or online at mcplmd.overdrive.com), or as an ebook or e-audiobook on Hoopla (or online at hoopladigital.com). If you use an electronic version, please contact librarian Jeff Coster (jeffrey.coster@montgomerycountymd.gov) for a copy of the reading guide prepared specially for our group.