My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder

My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder

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.

Laurel Snyder is the author of several picture books for young children, among them Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova, which was named an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and received a Parents' Choice Award Silver Honor; Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book; and The Longest Night, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. She also wrote the novels Bigger Than a Breadbox; Penny Dreadful, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book; Any Which Wall; and Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains. Visit her at LaurelSnyder.com, or on Twitter @LaurelSnyder.

Samantha Cotterill grew up in England, France, and Iran, and currently lives with her family in upstate New York. She is the illustrator of No More Bows and Charlotte and the Rock by Stephen W. Martin. She is also a textile designer and blogs under the name MummySam. Learn more at MummySam.com, or follow her on Twitter @mummysamart.

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ISBN 13	9780062836625
ISBN 10	0062836625
Title	My Jasper June
Author	Laurel Snyder
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Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2019-09-03
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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