Truman

Truman is the peaceful and pensive turtle of peaceful and pensive Sarah. But one day Truman infers from all the clues—a big backpack, a big bow, a brand new sweater, a big goodbye—that Sarah has gone somewhere much farther than usual, and that he needs to search for her. Truman bravely sets out.

Jean Reidy brilliantly helps her readers enter the mind of a peaceful, pensive (and quite brave) turtle. It's a back-to-school story that will surprise and delight.