The Summer of Broken Things

From New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes a haunting novel about friendship and what it really means to be a family in the face of lies and betrayal.

Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as "butt-girl" at school. The two girls were friends as little kids, but that's ancient history now. So it's a huge surprise when Avery's father offers to bring Kayla along on a summer trip to Spain. Avery is horrified that her father thinks he can choose her friends--and make her miss soccer camp. Kayla struggles just to imagine leaving the confines of her small town.

But in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Maybe the girls can put aside their differences and work through it together. Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only push them--and their families--farther apart.

Margaret Peterson Haddix weaves together two completely separate lives in this engaging novel that explores what it really means to be a family--and what to do when it's all falling apart.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/10/2018
ISBN: 9781481417648
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.50d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2018 pg. 94
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2018
School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 94
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 111 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 195163 / Summer of Broken Things
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 14