The 1945 Roald Dahl short-story classic involving but not limited to a turtle, a yogi, and a terrible swan song.

Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the feature in which we give a wrinkled look at the books we loved as youth. Today, Lizzie Skurnick rereads Lois Lowry's tearjerker 'A Summer to Die', in which — spoiler alert! — the girl dies.

Heads up: Fine Lines' Lizzie Skurnick is on NPR's Talk of the Nation today (3pm EST) to discuss her book of essays on young adult literature, Shelf Discovery...which means that you can call in to join in the discussion. [NPR]

I'm not sure if you've heard anything about it but...our old, wrinkled pensive Fine Lines feature has spawned a brightly covered book, 'Shelf Discovery, out today! Want to show your YA chops and win a copy? Please click through...

Lizzie's first review: "this...frequently hilarious omnibus of meditations on favorite YA novels dwells mostly among the old-school titles from the late '60s to the early '80s much beloved by now grown-up ladies." Book here. [PW]