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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones | Daven McQueen

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It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his Blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he’s not welcome there. Except for Juniper Jones. The town’s resident oddball and free spirit, she’s everything the townspeople aren’t—open, kind, and full of acceptance. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that’s bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be Black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer. Daven McQueen’s Juniper Jones is a character for all ages in this sweet coming of age story set in 1950s Alabama.

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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones | Daven McQueen

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Summer of 1955 and Ethan Harper is dropped of at his Aunt and Uncle's home. A small town in Alabama Ethan faces a lot of racial situations because he is biracial. Then he meets Juniper Jones and it turns out to be a summer he will never forget. I LOVED this book. It had everything I love reading about in a book. The characters where so fun. I loved the history part of it. It brought all kinds of emotions out. Happy, mad and even sad.

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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones | Daven McQueen

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Set in a small town in rural Alabama in the 1950s, The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones is a story of friendship that is both hopeful and heart-wrenching. Every once in a while a book comes along that really strikes a cord deep in your soul. It changes you a little, then stays with you forever. This is that book. I'm not sure I can even explain why, it's just special.

Thanks to Netgalley for the review copy. All opinions are my own.

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