Let's Say You're a Turtle: Seven Stories from West Oiling, PA 19159

If you like:

* short stories and quick reads

* summer, stars, and nostalgia

* books you can fit in your pocket

...then Let's Say You're a Turtle is for you.

Meet the town of West Oiling: a rocking-chair retiree with a captive audience; a witch who gets taller on Saturdays; a boy with the middle name Robert. A chain-smoking quilt shop deskie. A silent barista and a girl determined to break him.

In these seven stories, you'll see fireflies and dead rats. You'll hear frogs in the neighbor's pond. Y...