| Description |
250 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes discussion questions (pages 249-250). |
| Summary |
Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives off the grid in the California woods with her family, but when her brother gets sick, they have to leave to get help. |
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"Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives with her family deep in the wild woods. Living off the grid is pretty exciting, but her happy life in the wild ends abruptly when her younger brother gets sick, and they move to the city to be closer to the hospital. Juniper and her older sister end up living with cousins they hardly know and attending public school for the first time, which is harder to navigate than the wild woods ever were. Juniper feels like a wolf cub separated from her pack. As the hospital bills for her brother start piling up, Juniper knows they'll need to be paid before the family can go back to the woods, so she decides to make enough money to help out. With her cousin Alayna's support, Juniper starts posting videos filled with her wisdom from the woods, hoping to get a following. But what if it doesn't work? What if the bills never get paid? Not going home to the wild is Juniper's worst nightmare. While she's stuck in the city, she might as well make the most of it, like sticking up for Alayna, who's being bullied by her supposed friends, for starters. The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry is a story about persevereance when faced with difficult and unfamiliar challenges, belonging and finding your identity, compassion for others, and learning that our differences can sometimes be our strengths."--Jacket. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-10. Shadow Mountain. |
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Grades 4-6. Shadow Mountain. |
| Subject |
Family life -- Fiction.
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Cousins -- Fiction.
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Schools -- Fiction.
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Perseverance -- Fiction.
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City and town life -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Cousins -- Juvenile fiction.
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Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction.
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Perseverance (Ethics) -- Juvenile fiction.
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City and town life -- Juvenile fiction.
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Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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School fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Shelly, 1979- author.
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| ISBN |
9781639930999 (hardback) |
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163993099X (hardback) |
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