Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer |
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| Author:
| Wong, Janet S.
Cote, Genevieve |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4668-9485-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR) |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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There are a few things / about your best friend that you can only learn / when you see where he's from. Minn knew / that Jake was from the city. But she didn't know / that his grandmother was Korean. That he liked taking bubble baths. / That his brother, Soup, might be an eating champion. / That Jake was a cheater, and that he had a . . . / girlfriend?! There are some things / about your best friend that it's...
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There are a few things / about your best friend
that you can only learn / when you see where he's from.
Minn knew / that Jake was from the city.
But she didn't know / that his grandmother was Korean.
That he liked taking bubble baths. / That his brother, Soup,
might be an eating champion. / That Jake was a cheater,
and that he had a . . . / girlfriend?!
There are some things / about your best friend
that it's better not / to know.
Bouncing free verse and playful black-and-white illustrations combine to make this a charming follow-up to Minn and Jake.
Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.