Just like that / Gary D. Schmidt.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ; [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 387 pages : 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780544084773
- 0544084772
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Preparatory schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Girls' schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Gangs -- Juvenile fiction
- Theft -- Juvenile fiction
- Social classes -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
- Loneliness in children -- Juvenile fiction
- Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Grief in children -- Juvenile fiction
- Maine -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | SCHMIDT GARY D. | Available | 33111009789898 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | SCHMIDT GARY D. | Checked out | 06/07/2024 | 33111010476964 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this unforgettable, gently humorous novel, New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt tells two poignant, linked stories: that of a grieving girl and a boy trying to escape his violent past.
Meryl Lee Kowalski is sent to a girls' boarding school in fall 1968 to move on from her grief over a close friend's death. Matt Coffin is on the run from a criminal gang, afraid that anyone he cares about is at risk. When their paths cross, the pair's connection begins to shape each of their lives. As their loneliness is gradually replaced by friendship, Meryl Lee finds unexpected allies and a sense of purpose, while Matt finds a new family and hope for the future.
This riveting novel is Wednesday Wars author Gary D. Schmidt at his best, weaving in powerful themes and raising tears and laughter in equal measure.
"Set in 1968, Just Like That is part of an outstanding series that began with Newbery Honor recipient The Wednesday Wars and continued in Okay for Now, a finalist for the National Book Award. While each book can be read separately, overlapping characters and themes enrich each other in understated and often profound ways." (BookPage starred review)
With insight and a light touch, best-selling, Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt tells two poignant, linked stories: that of a grieving girl and a boy trying to escape his violent past. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other.