Just Like That (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781432886875)

In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other.

Author: Gary D. Schmidt
ISBN-10: 1432886878
ISBN-13: 9781432886875
Publisher: Thorndike Striving Reader
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2021
Pages: 627
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.20d
Large Print

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 510307 / Just Like That