Orbiting Jupiter by Schmidt, Gary D.

Orbiting Jupiter

In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.Two-time...
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Author: Gary D. Schmidt
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Orbiting Jupiter by Schmidt, Gary D.

Orbiting Jupiter

$19.99

Orbiting Jupiter

$19.99
Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.

Two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter.

After spending time in a juvenile facility, he's placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost.

When Jack meets his new foster brother, he knows three things about him:

    Joseph almost killed a teacher.He was incarcerated at a place called Stone Mountain.He has a daughter. Her name is Jupiter. And he has never seen her.

What Jack doesn't know, at first, is how desperate Joseph is to find his baby girl. Or how urgently he, Jack, will want to help.

But the past can't be shaken off. Even as new bonds form, old wounds reopen. The search for Jupiter demands more from Jack than he can imagine.

This tender, heartbreaking novel is Gary D. Schmidt at his best. He is the author of the Printz Honor and Newbery Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; Okay for Now, a National Book Award finalist; and The Wednesday Wars, a Newbery Honor Book, among his many acclaimed novels for young readers.



Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 10/06/2015
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780544462229
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 176660 / Orbiting Jupiter


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 12/11/2015
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015
School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 98
Entertainment Weekly 08/14/2015 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2015
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 108
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2015
Shelf Awareness 10/13/2015
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2015 pg. 91
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2015 pg. 22
PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 49
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 72
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2016 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Okay for Now, the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars. He lives in Alto, Michigan, and is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Visit www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt.

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