My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari

In the face of adversity and prejudice, June finds the courage to question, to be emotive, and to just be herself all while she stands up to her greatest fears. Flynn, the town librarian, both of whom urge June not to give up on entering the pie competition-and, more poignantly, not to give up on her family. Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thingshe’s great at making piesand she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition. June’s complex struggle is tempered by the support of her best friend Luke and Ms. To make matters more complicated for June, Eva-MJ’s girlfriend-moves in to their home and, to top it all off with a cherry, MJ and Eva ask June to be the flower girl in their wedding. The uproar strains June’s friendship with Tina and, more importantly, her relationship with her mother, MJ. But a backlash against Vermont’s civil union law threatens her family’s security and their business, the Stillwater Marina Shop, where June and her mom sell pies. In this middle grade novel from debut author Jennifer Gennari, twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of only one thing-she’s great at making pies and she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition. Ever since Eva had moved in with Mom and me last month, I was as changeable as the lake. I knew her every mood-sometimes she was flat like a cookie sheet, and other times she was whipped up like meringue on a butterscotch pie. Muffled (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020) My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer. But a backlash against Vermont's civil union law threatens her family's s.

Fan of bicycling, reading, swimming, and trees. Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thingshe's great at making piesand she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition. Lake Champlain was a friend I could count on. Jennifer Gennari 169 Followers Kidlit author.

My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari