ISBN: 9781665908023
Editorial: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Autor: Kingsbury, Karen
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 288
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: In the fourth book in Karen Kingsbury’s and Tyler Russell’s beloved series about the Baxter children, Kari and Ashley go through the ups and downs of summer camp.School science camp is a few weeks away, but Ashley and Kari Baxter have very different feelings about going. With the help of their siblings, Kari and Ashley prepare for wild experiments and the challenges of the great outdoors, and together they learn what it means to plan for an experience they won’t forget.In the process, all five Baxter Children learn how to make new friends and that adventure awaits in the everyday. They just have to look for it!About the AuthorKaren Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, is America’s favorite inspirational storyteller, with more than twenty-five million copies of her award-winning books in print. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists and many of her novels are under development as major motion pictures. Her Baxter Family books were developed into a TV series. Karen is also an adjunct professor of writing at Liberty University. She and her husband, Donald, live in Tennessee near their children and grandchildren.Tyler Russell has been telling stories his whole life. In elementary school, he won a national award for a children’s book he wrote, and he has been writing ever since. In 2015, he graduated with a BFA from Lipscomb University. Soon after, he sold his first screenplay, Karen Kingsbury’s Maggie’s Christmas Miracle, which premiered in December of 2017 on Hallmark. Along with screenplays and novels, Tyler is a songwriter, singer, actor, and creative who lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he enjoys serving his church, adventuring around the city, and spending time with his family.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter 1: Monday Surprise1 Monday Surprise ASHLEYIf only there were a pause button on life.Then Ashley Baxter would still be watching last night’s meteor shower over Bloomington instead of sitting here stuck in school. She tapped her fingers on her desk. Ashley liked school, she really did. But the meteor shower was the best thing she’d ever seen. She and her siblings laying on a blanket under the night sky watching one fireball after another blaze across the darkness.That was a moment she would’ve stayed in forever.Monday morning in Mr. Garrett’s class was a very different story. It gave Ashley a sluggish feeling. This wasn’t their teacher’s fault. Mr. Garrett was at the front of the class talking about the Harrier Reef. Something like that.Mr. Garrett pointed to a few printed photographs taped to the board. “This is a place in Australia that houses hundreds of types of animals and plant life.”What? Ashley sat up a little straighter. Hundreds of different animals and plant life? Now they were getting somewhere. But why was it called harrier? One photo showed a long line of pretty underwater orange rocks with what looked like a million white tiny strings floating up. Ashley squinted and stared at the picture. That must be the hair, she told herself. Coming out of something Mr. Garrett called Coral. That had to be the reef part, probably.Ashley nodded to herself. The Harrier Reef.“Australia’s Barrier Reef is an incredibly special geographical and scientific phenomenon.” Mr. Garrett seemed very excited. “Not just for Australians, but for people all over the world.”Barrier Reef. It was the Great Barrier Reef! What was a barrier? Ashley wondered. And why was it so great? Ashley frowned. School was confusing, especially on Mondays.Ashley rested her forehead on her desk. Focus was a very difficult thing for her today.Mr. Garrett kept talking on and on and on. His voice sounded like WompWompWompBlapBleepBloop. Ashley placed her hands over her ears. This must be how Charlie Brown felt when his teacher talked. All sound, no words. Ashley closed her eyes. Then her teacher’s voice grew quiet. And behind Ashley’s closed ey
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