The Summer Of June

From the acclaimed author of Tune It Out and Roll with It comes a “needed, hopeful” (Booklist) middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one life-changing summer. Twelve-year-old June Delancey is kicking summer off with a bang. She shaves her head and sets two goals: she will beat her anxiety and be the lion she knows she can be, instead of the mouse everyone sees. And she and her single mama will own their power as fierce, independent females. With the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-citing soccer star who believes in June even when she doesn’t believe in herself, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true. But when her anxiety becomes too much, everything begins to fall apart. It’s going to take more than a haircut and some flowers to set things right. It’s going to take courage and friends and watermelon pie. Forget second chances. This is the summer of new beginnings.

From the acclaimed author of Tune It Out and Roll with It comes a “needed, hopeful” (Booklist) middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one life-changing summer. Twelve-year-old June Delancey is kicking summer off with a bang. She shaves her head and sets two goals: she will beat her anxiety and be the lion she knows she can be, instead of the mouse everyone sees. And she and her single mama will own their power as fierce, independent females. With the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-citing soccer star who believes in June even when she doesn’t believe in herself, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true. But when her anxiety becomes too much, everything begins to fall apart. It’s going to take more than a haircut and some flowers to set things right. It’s going to take courage and friends and watermelon pie. Forget second chances. This is the summer of new beginnings.

When her beloved sister, June, is murdered, Lindy abandons her hometown of Charlotte for the heat of the Texas coast and the chance to leave her grief behind. She also does the unthinkable: she steals June's infant son.

Did you know that the first day of summer is in June? The beginning of summer is the longest day of the year. Explore these and other interesting facts in June, a 12 Months book.

Did you know that the first day of summer is in June? The beginning of summer is the longest day of the year. Explore these and other interesting facts in June, a 12 Months book.

As fourth grade ends for Mo, she has no idea what the summer holds for her. But when new neighbors move in two doors down, Mo notices June, a girl her own age, wondering if they may become friends. Once the girls meet, they hit it off, bonding over a beautiful doll that catches Mo's eye. Their friendship seems unbreakable but suddenly everything goes wrong and the doll is snatched out from under their noses one afternoon. Mo feels terrible, hatching a plan to get June's beloved doll back. Could the neighborhood bully, Billy Bunker, really have stolen her? When Mo has another crazy idea, June isn't quite so sure, being much more reserved than Mo. Find out what happens when the two girls go toe-to-toe with Billy as they carry out Mo's wild idea, especially when things aren't always as they seem.