The Summer of June

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From the acclaimed author of Tune It Out and Roll with It comes a needed, hopeful (Booklist) middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one life-changing summer.

Twelve-year-old June Delancey is kicking summer off with a bang. She shaves her head and sets two goals: she will beat her anxiety and be the lion she knows she can be, instead of the mouse everyone sees. And she and her single mama will own their power as fierce, independent females.

With the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-citing soccer star who believes in June even when she doesnt believe in herself, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true. But when her anxiety becomes too much, everything begins to fall apart. Its going to take more than a haircut and some flowers to set things right. Its going to take courage and friends and watermelon pie. Forget second chances. This is the summer of new beginnings.

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"The novel offers a compassionate portrayal of anxietys toll and a sweetly supportive mother-daughter relationship. . . An encouraging portrait of living with anxiety." -- Kirkus Reviews
"With a sensitive hand, Sumner offers a realistic portrayal of how those around you, therapy, and medication can all work together to help an anxious mind. . . A needed, hopeful book for middle-grade readers on friendship, mental health, and acceptance." -- Booklist
"In a love letter to libraries told in Junes thoughtful voice, Sumnervividly traces one adolescents anxiety and its attendant difficulties."

-- Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Jamie Sumner is the author ofRoll with It,Time to Roll,Tune It Out,One Kids Trash,The Summer of June, andMaid for It. Her work has appeared inTheNew York Times,The Washington Post, and other publications. She loves stories that celebrate the grit and beauty in all kids. Sheis also the mother of a son with cerebral palsy and has written extensively about parenting a child with special needs. She and her family live in Nashville, Tennessee.Visit her at Jamie-Sumner.com.