A Kind of Paradise - by Amy Rebecca Tan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>As punishment for her BIG mistake at the end of the school year, 13-year-old Jamie must spend her summer volunteering at Foxfield Public Library. As Jamie gets to know the library and the people in it, she finds--and gives--help where she least expects it in this debut novel.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Read the book that Ali Standish (author of <em>The Ethan I Was Before</em>) calls a heartwarming story and Melissa Roske (author of <em>Kat Greene Comes Clean</em>) calls a joyful, heartfelt debut!</strong></p><p>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!</p><p>Or so she thinks.</p><p><em>A Kind of Paradise</em> is an unforgettable story about the power of community, the power of the library, and the power of forgiveness.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A good-natured debut that will appeal to young lovers of books and libraries."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br><br>"A warm homage to libraries, the people who work in them, and their power to affect people's lives....A charming book."--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br><br>"This middle-grade debut is a heartfelt but quiet love letter to libraries, and a book for book-lovers."--ALA Booklist<br><br>"If I wasn't already madly in love with that sacred space known as The Public Library, I would be after reading this celebration of the lives of those who enter its open doors and leave changed forever."----Wendy Mass, NYT bestselling author of <em>Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life</em><br><br>"[A] heartwarming story of redemption, and a celebration of the power communities have to lift us up, help us heal, and shape our dreams."--Ali Standish, author of <em>The Ethan I Was Before</em><br><br>"An unforgettable tale of friendship, self-acceptance, and the redemptive power of forgiveness--all found within the walls of a quirky, small-town library. A joyful, heartfelt debut!"--Melissa Roske, author of <em>Kat Greene Comes Clean</em><br>
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