![]() Gay single dads who meet at a conference in Chicago and fall in love. Avery is bookish and has a lot of anxieties whereas Bett is outgoing and almost too lively. ![]() We meet Avery and Bett(y), two girls from opposite sides of the US (NYC and LA) who are very different characters, too. Alas, at least I can read about them now and imagine being there. ![]() Summer camps, the way they are known and quite popular in the US, have always been something I wished I had had in my life as a kid/teen. I got this book last year but didn't manage to read it in summer then. I can see some similarities, but mostly because of the Summer Camp aspect (which I loved). I saw many reviews comparing this one to a modern day Parent Trap. I'm quickly learning that I much prefer Middle Grade stories to Young Adult. There are fun adventures and twists along the way. Of course the girls develop a friendship that turns closer to sisterhood. She's easy going, fun-loving, and outgoing. It was great on Audio with a full cast of amazing narrators.Īvery is scared of everything, cautious, and a little intense. I really enjoyed how this book is told in emails, along with a few voicemails and some old school letters. The girls are adamant about not becoming friends. They want the girls to go to a summer camp together and get to know each other. Middle Grade # 3 down in the books! This book was a delight! Avery Bloom and Bett Devlin don't know each other, but they are about too! They are being raised by single dads, and their dads happen to fall in love. To Night Owl, From Dogfish By Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer (Paperback) Holly and Meg's friendship led to this novel which overflows with wit and affection. She is also the author of the young adult novel Belzhar and the middle-grade novel The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman. MEG WOLITZER is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking. She is also a writer of family feature films, including Angels in the Outfield and Made in America. Can Avery and Bett figure out a way to bring their fathers back together now that they can't imagine a life without a stepsister?Author BiographyHOLLY GOLDBERG SLOAN is the New York Times-bestselling author of Counting by 7s and Short, among other novels. But when the girls reluctantly grow to like each other and start looking forward to becoming a family, their dads fall out of love. Now their dads are sending them to the same sleepaway camp, against their will, so that they can become friends. ![]() The only things they seem to have in common are their age - twelve - and the fact that their dads have fallen in love with each other. Bett Devlin is brash and athletic and loves to surf. Avery Bloom is anxious and academic and afraid of the water. It's a novel about the true meaning of family, written by two exceptional and beloved authors. Told almost entirely through emails, this is the exuberant, funny story of two girls who try to get their gay fathers back together. ![]()
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