If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone Lucy Darling and lush backyards roll down

and lush backyards roll down to the lakefront

fresh oysters and crisp vinho verde with her best friend

The author of the Agatha and Macavity Award-winning Rei Shimura novels brings us an atmospheric new historical mystery with a captivating heroine

2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

maybe there's a reason the trail keeps bringing them together

If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone Lucy Darling and lush backyards roll down"This delightfully silly story subtly guides kids through the art of broaching new friendships and careful listening." The Washington Post A shy child reaches out to a gorilla on a banana phone in this love letter to making friends from unexpected places. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone is silly, wise, and surprising all at once. If you make a call from a banana phone, who will answer? What will you talk about? Will you share secrets or ask