The Paris Project
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- ¥1,100
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- ¥1,100
発行者による作品情報
“Une histoire d’espoir—a story of hope.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A memorable, heartfelt read.” —Publishers Weekly
Fans of the Nate series by Tim Federle and The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm will love Cleveland Rosebud Potts in this poignant and heartfelt novel from the award-winning author of Lily and Dunkin.
Cleveland Rosebud Potts has a plan. If she can check off the six items on her très important Paris Project List she will make it out of the small-minded and scorching town of Sassafras, Florida, to a rich and cultured life at The American School of Paris.
Unfortunately, everything seems to conspire against Cleveland reaching her goal.
Cleveland is ashamed of her father and angry that her mother and sister are never around because they have to work extra shifts to help out the family. Her Eiffel Tower tin has zero funds. And to top it all off, Cleveland’s best friend Jenna Finch has decided she’s too fancy for her and her neighbor Declan seems to be hiding something.
As Cleveland puts her talents to the test, she must learn how to forgive family for their faults, appreciate friends for exactly who they are, and bloom where she’s planted—even if that’s in a tiny town in central Florida that doesn’t even have a French restaurant. C’èst la vie!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventh-grader Cleveland Rosebud Potts has a six-step plan to escape Sassafras, Fla., and Sunny Smiles Trailer Park, where everyone assumes that she must be a bad seed because her dad is in jail. Cleveland dreams of leaving town and attending the American School of Paris, but her immediate challenges are facing an ex-friend turned bully, navigating a shifting relationship with her best friend, and sorting through her confusing feelings about her father (no one knows that after her dad was caught stealing money from his boss to gamble at the dog track, he also stole Cleveland's dog-walking earnings). As the young woman navigates her feelings of shame, fear, and betrayal, Gephart (Lily and Dunkin) creates a winning character in her beret-clad, Francophile heroine. This authentic, ultimately hopeful story of forgiveness and empathy is a memorable, heartfelt read that centers the difficult, complicated reality of addiction, poverty, and bullying in small-town America. Ages 8 12.
