Jonah and Junie: A Middle-Grade Novel
Some roads aren't straight. Some lead you home.
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known how to take care of his little sister, Junie.
He knows how she likes her sandwiches cut, the stories that help her fall asleep, and even the way her left foot always slips out from under the blanket at night. Looking after Junie has never felt like a choice. It is simply what Jonah does.
But when the siblings enter foster care and are placed in different homes, Jonah can no longer be there to check every detail.
As Junie begins building a life with the Ellerys and Jonah settles in with the Websters, everything starts changing. There are new homes, new friends, rescheduled visits, unfamiliar routines-and people other than Jonah learning the small things that matter to Junie.
That may be the hardest part of all.
With a green sketchbook, a growing circle of people, and a little sister who insists that roads go both ways, Jonah begins to discover that loving someone doesn't always mean carrying everything for them.
Sometimes it means making room.
And sometimes the person who has spent years taking care of everyone else has to learn how to let someone take care of him, too.
Jonah and Junie is a tender, hopeful middle-grade novel about sibling bonds, foster care, changing families, belonging, and discovering that love can grow without disappearing
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