My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
By Jennifer Gennari
(Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Hardcover, 9780547577395, 128pp.)
Publication Date: May 8, 2012
Categories: Lifestyles - Country Life, Girls & Women, Family - Alternative Family
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Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thing—she’s great at making pies—and she
plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition.
But a backlash against Vermont’s civil union law threatens her family’s security
and their business. Even when faced with bullying, June won’t give up on winning the
blue ribbon; more importantly, she won’t give up on her family.
Jennifer Gennari has been a writer and editor for more than twenty years. A graduate of Vassar College, she holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Sausalito, California—where they often whip up scrumptious berry pies. She returns to Lake Champlain every summer. This is her first book. Visit her website at www.jengennari.com
"My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer is like its protagonist, full to bursting with sweetness and summer light. . .When things begin to look bleak and scary, you just know June has the grit and sunshine to pull through." —Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author
"Mix a pitch-perfect narrator with serious themes (but don’t set it aside to cool) and you have My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer. Tart in places and sweet in others, Ms. Gennari’s debut novel is satisfying in every way."—Ron Koertge, author of Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs
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