This Way to Happy - Couverture rigide

Green Myers, Alison

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593325702 ISBN 13 : 9780593325704

Editeur : Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2025

Synopsis

From Schneider Family Book Award Winner Alison Green Myers, a contemporary middle grade about a girl seeking her own joy amidst the enforced happiness of the amusement park where she lives with her family.

Reilly Rhoades lives on the grounds of the amusement park her grandparents founded. It’s called Rhoades Family Amusements, and its motto is “The H is for Happy!”

Shortly before the beginning of the book, Reilly’s extremely charismatic grandfather died suddenly, leaving Reilly’s grandmother, mother, and aunt to run the park and maintain the façade of family happiness.

Prretending to be happy, it turns out, is deeply unhappy work, especially in a town full of billboards featuring her dead grandfather''s face. No wonder Reilly and her family start to come apart at the seams as soon as the park opens for the summer.

When Reilly is at her lowest, she meets Alex, a boy her age who’s a guest at the park with his family for “forced family fun” shortly after his mother remarries. Together, they discover what actually makes them feel content and how following the big signs that promise happiness doesn’t always lead where you want to be.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alison Green Myers is a passionate educator, novelist, and speaker. As the program director at the Highlights Foundation, Alison supports storytellers with fellowships and care throughout their careers. Alison is the author of the Schneider Family Award-winning A Bird Will Soar and the forthcoming This Way to Happy. A National Writing Fellow and teaching artist with Bethel Woods' educational programs, Alison is always happy to spend time in the company of curious kids! Alison lives in the woods of Pennsylvania with two extraordinary humans and two dear dogs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593325702
• ISBN 13: 9780593325704
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Dutton; https://www.penguin.com/dutton-childrens-overview/; ; Im Mittelfeld 25; K?ln; Deutschland; 51105; Allemagne