Oscar and Arabella, two woolly mammoths, try to cool off during a very hot summer.

"On the hottest day of the year, in a great big city, on a planet that keeps getting warmer, a boy and his dog visit the beach, hoping for a breath of wind, a drop of rain - some relief from the scorching, baking, record-breaking heatwave."-- Front cover flap

Amanda Pig and her family and friends try to find different ways to beat the heat.

"Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate to have her revenge." -- Dust jacket.