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Weiner, Jennifer. |
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Alice
Mayfair,
twelve-years-old,
slips through
the world
unseen and
unnoticed.
Awkward,
unkempt and
ignored by her
family, she is
being shipped
off to her
eighth
boarding
school. The
Experimental
Center for
Love and
Learning is a
super
inclusive,
off-beat
school tucked
away in a
woodsy corner
of upstate New
York. It also
just happens
to be across
the lake from
a secluded
clan of
Bigfoots, or
“Yare”. Within
this clan is
Millie
Maximus, an
unusually
small Yare who
feels just as
lonely as
Alice. One
night Millie
starts to
drown in the
lake and Alice
comes to her
rescue. The
two become
fast friends
and Alice
swears to
protect
Millie’s
secret. But
soon enough a
league of
Bigfoot
hunters, led
by another
lonely misfit
kid named
Jeremy, is on
their trail.
This is a
heartwarming
and hilarious
tale about
friendship,
furry
creatures, and
belonging that
kids will be
able to relate
to on so many
levels. (Vermont
Dorothy
Canfield
Fisher Book
Award,
2018) |
| SUBJECTS: Friendship -- Fiction. |
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