A Kind of Paradise
HarperCollins · Hardcover · April 30, 2019
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm middle-school story finds room for community and forgiveness in an unexpectedly bookish summer.
- Themes
- Community, Libraries, Forgiveness
- Genres
- Friendship, School Stories, Growing Up
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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.
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A Kind of Paradise is an unforgettable story about the power of community, the power of the library, and the power of forgiveness.
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
Where it sits
| School Stories | 77% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 64% |
| Growing Up | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Stepfamily Stories
- Alternative Family Stories
- School Stories
- Growing Up
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- Big Feelings
- Friendship
- Violence & Safety
- Bullying
- Authors
- Amy Rebecca Tan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 30, 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Community · Libraries · Forgiveness
- Reading lane
- Stepfamily Stories