Cloud Hopper

By Beth Kephart

When a girl in a homemade hot air balloon falls out of the sky in rural Gilbertine, there are questions: Who is this girl, where exactly did she come from, why won't she talk, and what has she risked to live in a country that does not seem to want her?

And what can Sophie, Wyatt, and K--three misfit best friends with complex and harrowing stories of their own--do to help the girl who can't trust those who want to help her? What should they do? As seen through the eyes of 14-year-old Sophie, who lives with her terminally ill grandmother, Cloud Hopper by National Book Award finalist Beth Kephart is a poignant, high-flying adventure set among the old planes, Vietnam vets, and majestic hot air balloons of a run-down municipal airport. It's about the rules we'll break and the dangers we'll face to do the most-right thing we can imagine, even when we're feeling long past brave.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1734225904
• ISBN13: 9781734225907
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Penny Candy Books
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9