![]() I also loved Jake’s very real and flawed parents and his supportive stepparents. They have fun together but more importantly they challenge him and truly understand him. His friends Caleb and Tehilla are the best friends a kid could ask for. Gillian McDunn is the author of Caterpillar Summer (4.35 avg rating, 2742 ratings, 457 reviews, published 2019), Honestly Elliott (4.39 avg rating, 477 r. All kids will relate to Jake, who is incredibly funny and likeable even as he is going through his struggles. This story is absolutely wonderful and very needed. But how real is this version of Jake if he won’t share it with his family? Gillian McDunn is the author of the middle-grade novels Caterpillar Summer, The Queen Bee and Me, and These Unlucky Stars. He comes up with a plan to mislead them so he can go to the camp and be his real self. When his friends tell him about their amazing summer camp, Jake knows his parents will never approve. But when he starts a new school, he seems to find friends who can see the “real” Jake. His divorced parents have a lot of tension between them-Mom is orthodox and Dad is secular-and Jake feels he has to be two separate people in order to please both of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() His divorced parents have a lot of tension between them-Mom is orthodox and Dad is secular-and Jake feels he has to be two separate people in order to please I loved this book! Jake is a seventh grader who is struggling to carve out his own identity. I loved this book! Jake is a seventh grader who is struggling to carve out his own identity. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars ![]()
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