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The Summer Of Broken Things

ISBN-10: 1481417657
ISBN-13: 9781481417655
Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: April 2019

Copyright: 2018

Page Count: 400

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL710L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9
Accelerated Reader Points: 14.0

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BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship *

Description
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 t