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Maine illustrator Jamie Hogan’s latest book!

SUMMER BATS is a the fifth and final chapter book in Rae Chalmer’s middle grade environmental mystery series. This book takes place during the Fourth of July with Bear and Olivia struggling to figure out why the population of bats on Oxbow Island has practically disappeared while navigating the crowds and chaos of summer on a Maine Island. For every Oxbow Island Gang book sold before Earth Day 2024, Rae is donating $4. to the Peaks Island Land Preserve, a non-profit organization protecting the wild spaces on Peaks Island.

In mid-March, Jamie is visiting elementary schools in Trenton, Stueben, and Deer Isle with Island Readers & Writers! Keep looking up, dear Skywatchers.