June tells this story. On page one June states, ” I have the only ears in the whole world that can hear Sammy talk.” Sammy is her dog. They do everything together.

June is on a mission to find a new friend who must meet her 3F criteria: fun, friendly, and full of adventure. In the meantime, Grandma Penny has sent June a present with instruction on how to use it. ” ‘It’s a spinning wheel, like on Wheel of Fortune.’ ” (23) June is to write on the wheel’s chalkboard surface, dividing it into six equal parts. Inside each section, June is to write a specific word, then spin the wheel once each morning. Once the wheel stops, June will open the envelope with that word on it. Inside the envelope will be directions describing what she is to do is connection with the ‘word’  and let the wheel’s directions guide her actions that day.  The words on the six sections are: questions, animal, dance/spin again, hand, poem, and collection. Little do June and Sammy realize how much the wheel will help her on her mission to find a new friend.

New neighbors move into the house across the street from June’s house. Mae (the new girl) shows up in June’s class at school. How convenient, but no, April has already latched onto Mae by the time June gets to class. April and Mae are a pair for the first few days. June thinks Mae and June would be a better combination. Little by little with the help of Grandma Penny’s Wonder Wheel and human nature, Mae and June are new best friends by the last page of the book.

I predict this becoming a new series- Mae & June.

Ashley Spires’ illustrations on almost every other page are a delight.