Awards and Honors2019 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee Tablet Best Jewish Children’s Books - 2019 Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Middle School 2020-2021
Avery Bloom, who’s bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who’s fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends—and possibly, one day, even sisters. But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted.
Topics Fathers and daughters. Gay fathers. Dating. Summer camp. Friendship. Text messages. Epistolary novels.
SRC Level 4.700000
SRC Points 13.000000
Lexile 770L
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2019-02-11
JLG Release Date May 2019
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
Advanced Readers
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
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