Hello，Laraine
If you are looking for a book for youngsters just about to become teenagers, consider Goat and the Terror Birds. Kids will like it because it is funny and make you happy.It tells a story about Mac and his father.Mac 's mother died,he lives with his aunt and cousin,One day,a goat go in their house,he helped them a lot:stop them sell the house,lead some animals to find his dad in the jungles......
His Dad is a photogragher,he is looking for the terror birds in the jungles for money,when he met the terror birds and in the dangerous,Some goats saved him.I like it because in the story,goat can talk and cook,that makes funny,and Mac's enemy Rhett, at last had to clean a field all summer,This make you feel good.Finally,the goat who had help Mac's family had gone to help other people.That's sad,but it can told you help other people is happy.