A Kind of Paradise

Name: A Kind of Paradise
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Amy Rebecca Tan
ISBN: 9780062912442

Author: Amy Rebecca Tan

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/30/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, School

Synopsis

Read the book that Ali Standish (author of The Ethan I Was Before) calls ""a heartwarming story"" and Melissa Roske (author of Kat Greene Comes Clean) calls ""a joyful, heartfelt debut!""Thirteen-year-old Jamie Bunn made a mistake at the end of the school year. A big one. And every kid in her middle school knows all about it. Now she has to spend her summer vacation volunteering at the local library—as punishment. What a waste of a summer!Or so she thinks.A Kind of Paradise is an unforgettable story about the power of community, the power of the library, and the power of forgiveness.

About Amy Rebecca Tan

Amy Rebecca Tan is the author of A Kind of Paradise and Summer at Meadow Wood. She currently works in a public library and an independent bookstore. Amy lives in New Jersey with her family. You can visit her online at www.amyrebeccatan.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fatma Al Zahraa on October 07, 2024

A sweet and sincere writing from a devoted librarian who made us fall in love more and more with libraries. Library is not just a place for lending books for free. Library is a sanctuary for lonesome, neglected, heartbroken and homeless human beings who have no such safe haven. The library saved a te......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 28, 2020

A sweet middle grade love letter to libraries! Cozy and delightful. I may have rated it five stars had I read it sometime other than in the midst of a pandemic when libraries are closed and people are socially distancing. I was having some serious cognitive dissonance. But, it was still the sweetest......more

Goodreads review by Beth on May 23, 2020

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges When life seems overwhelming, there is something incredibly comforting about reading a crackerjack ‘middle grade’ book. The best ones always impart life lessons about growing up, but unlike adult books, they can gen......more

Goodreads review by Chessa on April 28, 2019

A sweet middle grade love letter to public libraries!!! Excellent cast of characters.......more

Goodreads review by Michaela on September 04, 2023

So cute! Each character was so lovable!......more