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Jupiter Rising by Gary D Schmidt
In this tender, gripping story from the award-winning author of Orbiting Jupiter, a boy starts out running on the track team and ends up running toward his future. When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is happy about it. Jack is grieving the loss of Joseph, his foster brother, and adjusting to his role as big brother to Jupiter, Joseph’s orphaned daughter. Dealing with Jay Perkins—who was definitely no friend of Joseph’s—is the last thing he wants to do. But as Jack's running grows stronger, so do his relationships with both Jay and Jupiter, and he starts to feel more like himself than he has since Joseph died. He's finding his stride . . . until Jupiter’s grandparents decide to claim her as their own, and suddenly Jack’s past and present smash together, threatening to dissolve both his newfound confidence and his friendships.
"Schmidt writes from the heart in this moving novel, showing how a small community sometimes quietly protects its members as they face inevitable changesA rewarding reading experience." — Booklist (starred review) "Readers’ eyes aren’t likely to stay dry considering the sharply felt emotional stakes and the growing tension. . . . Brimming with love and heart." — Kirkus Reviews (Orbiting Jupiter) "Schmidt writes with an elegant simplicity in this paean to the power of love...Readers will not soon forget either Joseph Brook or this spare novel written with love and grace." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) (Orbiting Jupiter) "Told in Jack's spare, direct first-person voice, this story's style demonstrates the beautify of simplicity as it delineates the lives of its characters, each as superbly realized as the tumultuous New England setting." — Booklist (starred review) (Orbiting Jupiter) "The matter-of-fact narrative voice ensures that the tragic plot never overhwlms this wrenching tale of growth and loss." — School Library Journal (starred review) (Orbiting Jupiter) "A powerful story about second chances, all the more devastating because not everyone gets one." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Gary D. Schmidt is the bestselling author of Orbiting Jupiter, The Labors of Hercules Beal; Just Like That; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; the Newbery Honor Book The Wednesday Wars, and more. He is also contributor to and co-editor of the acclaimed short story collection A Little Bit Super, co-edited by Leah Henderson, and the co-author, along with Ron Koertge, of A Day at the Beach. He lives in rural Michigan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780358659648 |
| ISBN 10 | 0358659647 |
| Title | Jupiter Rising |
| Author | Gary D Schmidt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2024-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Winner of Junior Library Guild Selection (United States). |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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