Across the Pond

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From the author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost comes a heartwarming, emotionally perceptive (Kirkus Reviews) story about new beginnings, burgeoning friendships, and finding your flock.

Callie cant wait for her new life to start. After a major friendship breakup in San Diego, moving overseas to Scotland gives her the perfect chance to reinvent herself. On top of that, shes going to live in a real-life castle!

But as romantic as life in a castle sounds, the reality is a little less comfortable: its run-down, freezing, and crawling with critters. Plus, starting off on the wrong foot with the gardeners granddaughter doesnt help her nerves about making new friends. So she comes up with the perfect solution: shell be homeschooled. Her parents agree, on one condition: she has to participate in a social activity.

Inspired by a journal that she finds hidden in her bedroom, Callie decides to join a birding club. Sure, it sounds unusual, but at least its not sports or performing. But when she clashes with the club leader, she risks losing a set of friends all over again. Will she ever be able to find her flock and make this strange new place feel like home

Author Bio

Joy McCulloughwrites books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children.She is the author of the middle grade novelsAcross the Pond,A Field Guide to Getting Lost,Not Starring Zadie Louise, andCode Redand the picture booksHarriets Ruffled Feathers,Champ and Major: First Dogs, andThe Story of a Book. Her debut novelBlood Water Paintwas longlisted for the National Book Award and was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist. Visit her at JoyMcCullough.com.