Just Like That

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Call Number: Kids Book / Fiction / General / Schmidt, Gary D.
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch

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Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Schmidt, Gary D.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Schmidt, Gary D.	4-week checkout	Due 05-15-2024
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Schmidt, Gary D.	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Schmidt, Gary D.	4-week checkout	Due 05-10-2024

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.

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Excellent Story submitted by JennJenn on June 30, 2021, 11:36am This book was an excellent read. It is subtle in the lessons it gives -speaking to kindness through one of the main character's actions. It also does a good job of showing that people are not always the personas they present.

Good book submitted by manz on October 23, 2023, 4:04pm Schmidt is just about my favorite middle grade book author. His characters, setting, and stories are always so heartfelt and real. I love so many of his books. This was a good one! My favorite is still The Wednesday Wars.