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What If There Are Alligators?
Award-winning author Beverley Brenna, delivers a very funny middle-grade novel. Belvin enjoys his summer at Aunt Edna's...
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Award-winning author Beverley Brenna, delivers a very funny middle-grade novel. Belvin enjoys his summer at Aunt Edna's goat farm, where he learns the unexpected joys of farming!
Nine-year-old Belvin has lived in the shadow of his gregarious twin brother who is determined to go to summer camp--where Belvin doesn't want to go. His biological father has disappeared; his mother longs to be a novelist; and his stepfather Pops is bent on an independent summer trip to Copenhagen. What's Belvin to do but spend the summer on his aunt's goat farm? There he learns a lot of new things about raising goats, making friends, facing his fears, and, ultimately, how to trust himself.
Belvin's deep-seated fear of alligators began in childhood, although living on the prairies makes confronting one unlikely, he has cultivated a fascination for all apex predators. His overblown terror fades as he spends the summer learning to be onhis own without following behind his twin brother. Belvin thrives in this new environment: doing heavy farm work; hanging out with the goats; and making friends with a neighbour girl. In the end, Belvin shows thoughtful and quick-witted decision making as he rises to a particularly frightening situation and saves the day.
A thoughtful and funny tale of Belvin's crazy summer vacation where he grows through new experiences, finds unexpected bravery, and ultimately realizes that everyone is different and can follow their own path.
Author: Beverley Brenna
Publisher: Pajama Press
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781772783797
Audience: Ages 9-12
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2026
About the Author
Brenna, Beverley: - Beverley Brenna is a freelance writer, editor, and visual artist. She has published more than 15 books for young people, earning a Printz Honor and shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award for her young adult novel The White Bicycle; a Dolly Gray Award for Waiting for No One; and a Stuchner Award for humor in Sapphire and the Great Meaning of Life. Beverley is a professor emerita from the University of Saskatchewan, where her research spotlights patterns and themes in children's literature, and she has taught in elementary schools rural and urban. She and her family live in Saskatoon.
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