Foreverland
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
"Endless rides, endless junk food, and endless adventure? Who wouldn't want to live in an amusement park? Foreverland is sure to be a big hit with young readers."
—Suzanne Selfors, national bestselling author of Wish Upon a Sleepover and Fortune's Magic Farm
Nicole C. Kear’s Foreverland is a bighearted coming-of-age story about being lost, and finding your way back home again.
Margaret is tired of everything always changing. Middle school has gone from bad to worse. Her best friend is becoming a stranger. And her family—well, it's not even a family anymore.
So Margaret is running away to Foreverland, her favorite amusement park. Hiding out there is trickier than she expects--until she meets Jaime, a thrill-seeking, fast-thinking runaway who teaches Margaret how to stay one step ahead of the captain of security.
At first, this after-hours, all-access pass to the park is a dream come true: sleepovers in the Haunted House, nonstop junk food, and an unlimited ticket to ride. But as the runaways learn each other’s secrets, they must face the reasons they left their normal lives behind. With the Captain closing in and Jaime's future on the line, can Margaret finally take control?
Foreverland is an exhilarating story about riding life's rollercoaster—figuring out how to hang on and learning when to let go.
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Sixth grader Margaret, a self-described wallflower and acrostics aficionado, is "not a runaway kind of person," but she is sick of change. Even before her dad packs a bag and moves out, Margaret is nursing the loss of best friend Priya to a new middle school, and her own "friendless fate" at hers. With everything up in the air, she runs away from home to hide out at local amusement park Foreverland, "Where magic never ends!" The plan is to enjoy a place where her family was happy together, but Margaret soon discovers that she's not the only kid who's escaped to Foreverland a boy named Jaime is there, who asks questions but reveals little about himself. After Margaret's backpack is taken by security, the two pair up, and Margaret slowly comes to see that maybe she's not the wallflower she believed. But with Priya showing up at Neverland, and security hot on their trail, Margaret and Jaime find that they have more in common than they initially realized. Largely internalized narration, including Margaret's pain at her parents' impending divorce, is well wrought and relatable, and the mystery of Jaime's story will keep readers turning pages. While the ending may feel a bit pat, this heartwarming, briskly paced adventure offers a ride worth taking. Ages 8 12.
