Together, the two girls carve out a place for themselves, a hideaway in the overgrown spaces of Atlanta, away from their parents and their hardships, somewhere only they can find.īut as the days of this magical June start to draw to a close, and the darker realities of their lives intrude once more, Leah and Jasper have to decide how real their friendship is, and whether it can be enough to save them both. This item: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder Paperback 7.90 My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder Paperback 7.99 Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Paperback 8.99 About the Author is the author of picture books and novels for children, including National Book Award nominee Orphan Island and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Charlie & Mouse. And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost. There’s something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical. A National Book Award Longlist title A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. Dear reader who finds this, if I am gone My name is Jinny.

Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah’s been adrift and alone. This book by Laurel Sydner tells the story of one group of nine children who fight for the truth of what's actually out there, where they came from, and where they will go. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago, when everything changed.

The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta.

Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, returns with another unforgettable story of the moments in which we find out who we are, and the life-altering friendships that show us what we can be.