Frankie & Bug
by Gayle Forman (Author)
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Booktalk: It’s the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends, and Bug’s mom is too busy, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew, Frankie.
Bug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other, and the world.
Like what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair, we can all do our part to make it more just.
Snippet:
“Did something happen with you two?” Mamma asked one night.
“No.”
“Why aren’t you playing together?”
“Frankie’s weird.” Bug replied.
Mama pursed her lips into a disappointed frown. “The day I meet someone not weird is the day I go running for the hills.”
“What’s that mean?”
“It means people are complicated, and everyone is weird in their own way.”
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