Come Fall
By A.C.E. Bauer
Hardcover, ISBN 978-0-375-85825-3
Library Binding, ISBN 978-0375-95855-7
Paperback, ISBN 978-0375858260
eBook, ISBN 978-978-0-375-85827-7
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2010
Ages 9 and up
Lu Zimmer’s best friend moved away last summer. Salman Page is the new kid in school. Blos Pease takes everything literally. Three kids on the fringe of the middle school social order find each other and warily begin to bond. Then, through no fault of their own, Salman and Lu become pawns in a game of jealous one-upmanship between Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of Faery. The mischievous Puck with the help of a magical crow tries to keep the peace, but at what cost to the kids?
Loosely based on the changeling’s tale in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this is a story of magical intervention in the least magical of settings: a public middle school.
“[T]he power of true friendship prevails in this magical yet realistic tale that, quite rightly, makes middle school feel like a trip through a dark and scary forest populated by not-so-friendly creatures.”–Starred review, Publishers Weekly
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CCBC Choices 2011 Book
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