Come, Llamas
Author: Jennifer Morris
It's springtime on Kinnaman Ranch in Alaska, and nine-year-old JT is sure this will be the best spring yet. JT is determined to pitch for his school's baseball team and to raise his very own llama, just like Grandad promised. When baby llama Elmo is born, JT has all kinds of plans for the first of his herd. Every night after baseball practice, JT trains Elmo. And every morning, the small llama seems to be growing stronger–even as Grandad's persistent cough gets worse and worse.
Then a bear charges through their property, and JT doesn't see how the family will manage. Half their llamas are gone, Elmo's leg is broken, and it's not long before Grandad needs to be rushed to the clinic. But everything is always growing and changing on a llama ranch, and JT will find a way to keep on keeping on and make Grandad proud.
Come, Llamas is a vivid and poignant debut novel about the power of hope in a season of change.
