Crunch by Leslie Connor

The five Marissa children are in trouble!  Their parents are stranded up north due to a severe fuel shortage - the pumps are dry and the only vehicles operating are ones powered by foot power, namely bicycles.  14-year old Dewey must now help to take care of his younger siblings and run the family bicycle shop which is now booming.  The kids are managing until disaster strikes and a thief hits the bicycle shop and steals all of the inventory!  How is Dewey going to manage when the nearest supply shop is miles away? 

Eggs Over Evie by Alison Jackson

Evie is bummed out!  Her father moved out, taking the family dog with him, her parents divorced and now her Dad has remarried and is expecting a twin babies with his new wife.  Trying to impress her father who is a famous chef, author and cooking show host, Evie takes a summer cooking class.  As she learns to cook, she makes friends with her cooking partner, helps her elderly neighbor and learns how to deal with the changes life brings on.

My Life as a Book by Jamet Tashjian

Derek is having a really bad summer! First his best friend goes away on vacation then his parents sign him up for Learning Camp. What happened to his summer of making fruit grenades and playing with Pedro the summer boarding monkey? Now, he has to read a book from the dreaded summer reading list, which he hates, and practice his endless math problems. Why can't the teachers let him read the latest issue of Garfield or Calvin and Hobbs? How is Derek going to survive the summer?