Junonia (14 page)

“Henkes captures the honest frustrations and not-so-nice moments of kid-dom, wrapped in spare, lilting language and evocative illustrations.” —
Family Circle

Bird Lake Moon

“A novel as tender as his acclaimed
Olive's Ocean
. . . . Remarkable.” —
Publishers Weekly

“A significant and highly readable book.” —
School Library Journal

The Birthday Room

“Henkes explores family relationships with breathtaking tenderness, showing how feelings of guilt, bitterness and fear can be quelled by more deeply rooted love.” —
Publishers Weekly

Sun & Spoon

An American Library Association Notable Book

“Henkes captures young angst with respect and honesty.” —
School Library Journal

Two Under Par

Illustrated by the author

“Touching and funny.” —
Publishers Weekly

Protecting Marie

A
School Library Journal
Best Book of the Year

“A simply told but multilayered story, rich in imagery and feeling.” —
Kirkus Reviews

Words of Stone

Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year

“An outstanding book. One of the year's best.” —
Kirkus Reviews

The Zebra Wall

“Fans of Beverly Cleary and Betsy Byars will enjoy this Henkes selection.” —
School Library Journal

Junonia

Bird Lake Moon

Olive's Ocean

The Birthday Room

Sun & Spoon

Protecting Marie

Words of Stone

The Zebra Wall

Two Under Par

Return to Sender

Margaret & Taylor

Cover art © 2011 by Kevin Henkes
Cover design by Paul Zakris and Kevin Henkes

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used to advance the fictional narrative. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real.

J
UNONIA
. Copyright © 2011 by Kevin Henkes. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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First published in 2011 in hardcover; first paperback edition, 2012.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Henkes, Kevin.

Junonia / by Kevin Henkes.

p. cm.

“Greenwillow Books.”

Summary: The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they always are.

ISBN 978-0-06-196417-6 (trade bdg.) — ISBN 978-0-06-196418-3 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 978-0-06-196419-0 (pbk.)
[1. Shells—Fiction. 2. Seashore—Fiction. 3. Change—Fiction. 4. Sanibel Island (Fla.)—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.H389Jun 2011 [Fic]—dc22 2010010346

EPub Edition February 2013 ISBN 9780062284617

12 13 14 15 16
SCP
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

FIRST EDITION

Greenwillow Books

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