Megan McDonald

"Iguana woke up the next morning and added an n to her name. Iguanna, she scrawled, in cursive, in the steam on the bathroom mirror. Then she kissed it."

Leaving behind Alison Frogley's family in Schenectady, New York, restless Iguana rides the bus to a new life in Key West, Florida. Swimming and surfing, sunning and eating, what could be better? But then her allowance runs out.