Meet Me Halfway author-Caroline Gertler and unforgettable storytelling as it

and unforgettable storytelling as it explores the delicate interconnectedness of the human

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and their sister Teagan search along the river

someone whose shadowy agenda puts everything she loves at risk

Meet Me Halfway author-Caroline Gertler and unforgettable storytelling as it*SIGNED BOOKPLATES* When new classmates Mattie and Mercedes meet and realize they have the same Colombian dad, the two team up in a Parent Trapinspired misadventure to meet him for the first time in this sharp and poignant middle grade novel about the bonds that make a family. Mattie Gomez feels directionless after being uprooted from her beloved Minnesota and forced to move in with her new stepfamily in California. So when she meets a girl at her new