See You on a Starry Night
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- £7.99
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
From the author of My Secret Guide to Paris, Sealed with a Secret, and Keys to the City comes a new novel about the power and magic of friendship.Juliet has just moved to a beachside town with her newly separated mother and her moody older sister. When she meets their new neighbor, Emma, the girls form an instant bond. Emma's big family takes Juliet in, and the girls have fun together -- starting with the night they throw bottles with secret messages into the sea.Then someone writes back to Juliet's message. An email arrives, inviting her to join the Starry Beach Club. All she has to do is make someone else's wish come true.So Juliet and Emma set off to help as many other people as they can. It's fun! But as Juliet spends more and more time away from home, enjoying her new town and Emma's family more than her own mom and sister, she starts feeling lost. It's been easy to find others to help. But maybe her star would shine a little brighter if she brought it closer to home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A looming divorce's strain on a family forms the dramatic tension in this realistic and ultimately hopeful tale of a girl finding the courage to embrace unexpected change. Following her parents' separation, 11-year-old Juliet is out of sorts when she has to move to a beach cottage with her mother and sister, leaving behind her father, her best friend, her favorite school librarian, and a big bedroom. In just a week, she'll be the new girl in a school where the other kids might not understand her penchant for making lists or her passion for messy art projects and the work of Vincent van Gogh. Luckily, Juliet's anxious ruminations are interrupted by perky, welcoming Emma, a new neighbor who invites Juliet to join her in writing messages in a bottle and tossing them out to sea. When Juliet gets a reply to her note, she and Emma become absorbed in a kindness-inspired challenge proposed by the mystery responder. Though the story has a too-tidy ending, Schroeder (Keys to the City) offers solid character portraits and a reassuring tone that draws readers into Juliet's journey as she navigates her jumbled feelings, gains self-confidence and friends, and opens up to her evolving family dynamic. Ages 8 12.
