The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry

ISBN: 1639933662

Author: Shelly Brown

Condition: New

NOMINATED FOR 5 STATE AWARDS! (BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR)Selected for the Best Books of 2023 List -Kirkus ReviewsSelected as a 2024 Award Book -Notable Children's Books in the Language ArtsJuniper Berry knows how to handle bobcats, bears, and mountain lions, but can she survive the toughest predator of all-middle school?Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives with her family deep in the wild woods. Living off the grid is pretty exciting, but her happy life in the wild ends abruptly when her younger brother gets sick, and they move to the city to be closer to the hospital. Juniper and her older sister end up living with cousins they hardly know and attending public school for the first time, which is harder to navigate than the wild woods ever were. Juniper feels like a wolf cub separated from her pack.As the hospital bills for her brother start piling up, Juniper knows theyll need to be paid before the family can go back to the woods, so she decides to make enough money to help out. With her cousin Alaynas support, Juniper starts posting videos filled with her wisdom from the woods, hoping to get a following. But what if it doesnt work? What if the bills never get paid? Not going home to the wild is Junipers worst nightmare. While shes stuck in the city, she might as well make the most of it, like sticking up for Alayna, whos being bullied by her supposed friends, for starters.The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry is a story about perseverance when faced with difficult and unfamiliar challenge, belonging and finding your identity, compassion for others, and learning that our differences can sometimes be our strengths.