My Jasper June

My Jasper June"This book is a treasure a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you've turned the final page. I absolutely loved it." R. J. Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of Wonder Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, returns with another unforgettable story of the moments in which we find out who we are, and the life altering friendships that show us what we can be. The

"This book is a treasure--a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you've turned the final page. I absolutely loved it."--R. J. Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of Wonder

Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, returns with another unforgettable story of the moments in which we find out who we are, and the life-altering friendships that show us what we can be.

The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels. . . lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago, when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah's been adrift and alone.

Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There's something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical. And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost.

Together, the two girls carve out a place for themselves, a hideaway in the overgrown spaces of Atlanta, away from their parents and their hardships, somewhere only they can find.

But as the days of this magical June start to draw to a close, and the darker realities of their lives intrude once more, Leah and Jasper have to decide how real their friendship is, and whether it can be enough to save them both.

--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: 09/03/2019
ISBN: 9780062836625
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/20/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
School Library Journal 09/27/2019 pg. 1

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 503908 / My Jasper June
Reading Level: 4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9