Fix-It Friends member Ezra is upset after his beloved pet guinea pig, Ziggy, dies. Desperate to cheer him up, Veronica, Cora, and Jude search for a solution, and eventually decide it would be best to help him forget Ziggy-then he won't be sad anymore! It's not until Ezra hosts a memorial for Ziggy that Veronica and her friends learn there's no shortcut through grief-sometimes you have to wade through the muck to find happier days on the other side. Accessible, funny, and heartwarming, The Fix-It Friends handles a sensitive topic with lots of humor and heart.

Author Biography

Nicole C. Kear is the author of the memoir Now I See You (St. Martin's Press), chosen as a must-read by People, Amazon, Parade, and Redbook, among others. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Parents, and the Huffington Post. She teaches writing at the NYU School of Professional Studies and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, three children, and two albino frogs. nicolekear.com Tracy Dockray has illustrated many picture books such as The Tushy Book, Izzy & Oscar, and the prize-winning Lost and Found Pony, as well as an edition of Beverly Cleary's Ramona series, Stay, Ralph the Mouse series, and Henry Huggins series. tracydockray.com/books