Name: A Kind of Paradise
ISBN: 9780062795410

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

A Summer Reconsidered

A warm middle-school story finds room for community and forgiveness in an unexpectedly bookish summer.

Come here for

A thoughtful take on a school-year mistake and its aftermath
A local library at the heart of a story about community

Expect

A warm coming-of-age read with forgiveness in view
A summer volunteering stint that feels less like punishment than expected

Book Details

Authors: Amy Rebecca Tan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: April 30, 2019
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Growing Up · Alternative Family Stories
Reading lane: Growing Up

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Publisher Categories

Stepfamily Stories
Alternative Family Stories
School Stories
Growing Up

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Big Feelings
Friendship
Violence & Safety
Bullying

About This Book

Read the book that Ali Standish (author of The Ethan I Was Before ) calls "a heartwarming story" and Melissa Roske (author of Kat Greene Comes Clean ) calls "a joyful, heartfelt debut!" Thirteen-year-old Jamie Bunn made a mistake at the end of the school year. A big one. And every kid in her middle school knows all about it. Now she has to spend her summer vacation volunteering at the local library—as punishment. What a waste of a summer! Or so she thinks. A Kind of Paradise...

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Read the book that Ali Standish (author of The Ethan I Was Before ) calls "a heartwarming story" and Melissa Roske (author of Kat Greene Comes Clean ) calls "a joyful, heartfelt debut!" Thirteen-year-old Jamie Bunn made a mistake at the end of the school year. A big one. And every kid in her middle school knows all about it. Now she has to spend her summer vacation volunteering at the local library—as punishment. What a waste of a summer! Or so she thinks. A Kind of Paradise is an unforgettable story about the power of community, the power of the library, and the power of forgiveness.