This collaboration between two highly successful authors—one who primarily writes for kids, the other for grown-ups—is about two twelve-year old girls who live on opposite coasts who strike up a correspondence after they discover their dads fell in love at a building conference and are secretly dating. This is not good news to either of them, as they make clear in the ensuing emails that comprise the book. And then it gets worse, when the girls are forced to attend camp together because their fathers want them to become friends. Things go horribly wrong in more ways than one, but there’s not a single page that doesn't feel fresh, funny, charming, and real. A humorous and heartwarming tale of sisterhood, adventure, and finding family in unexpected places. This is a middle grade novel that I highly recommend to anyone looking for a fun book.
To Night Owl From Dogfish
By Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer
Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads.
When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends--and possibly, one day, even sisters.
But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. Now that they can't imagine life without each other, will the two girls (who sometimes call themselves Night Owl and Dogfish) figure out a way to be a family?
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I think this book was really engaging. The one major thing that really sets this book apart from others and that makes way more fun is the fact that this whole book is composed of emails and text messages. I feel like if this book was just written like a normal novel, it would have been uninteresting. This book made me wish that more books were written in letter and texts. Also, there are so many twists and turns in the story to save it from becoming mundane. Just when you think all knots were untied, a new problem shows up and messes it up all over again, leaving you hoping for a quick resolution that ends it once and for all. I would recommend this book for ages 8+ because people under 8 might not get the book. Overall I would recommend this book.
This was a good book. Avery and Bett are going to the same camp. Their dads are in love, and have them get to know each other.The problem is, both girls don't want to meet each other. But when they do meet each other they really hit it off! Soon these girls are like sisters. But when their dads come back from a trip together that didn't go well, they break up. Now these girls must reunite their dads so they can be a family. A little like the Parent Trap, and so much fun. They communicate in emails and letters.