Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer

Kids, Teen, Social Issues, Fiction
Cover of the book Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer by Janet S. Wong, Genevieve Cote, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Author: Janet S. Wong, Genevieve Cote ISBN: 9781466894853
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Publication: September 29, 2015
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Language: English
Author: Janet S. Wong, Genevieve Cote
ISBN: 9781466894853
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Publication: September 29, 2015
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Language: English

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.

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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.

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