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Magnin, Joyce

Jelly Bean Summer

257 pp. | Sourcebooks | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4926-4672-3 $16.99
(4) 4-6 During the summer of 1968, eleven-year-old Joyce's brother is MIA in Vietnam, casting a pall over the family dynamics. Her older sister's testiness makes sharing a bedroom so difficult that Joyce retreats to the roof of their Pennsylvania row house, where she befriends a fellow roof-dwelling neighborhood boy. Heartfelt but slow-moving, this semi-autobiographical novel may struggle to resonate with today's young readers.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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