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Reviewed on April 1, 2025 | Picture Books
Gr 1–4—A book that will remind some of Lois Lowry's first book A Summer to Die, but for younger readers and with a different outcome. Junie's summer at the lake begins when she is dropped off to stay with Nan and Pop. She is lonely and anxious without her big sister Anna; their parents stay with Anna, who is simply too ill to Junie. She has loaned Junie her camera. Junie spends her days exploring the lake and taking pictures in the loving care of her grandparents. Concern about her sister constantly gnaws away at her. "Mum and Da...Log In or Sign Up to Read More