My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780547577395
Pages
119 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Twelve-year-old June Farrell spends the summer at her Vermont home getting used to the woman her mother is planning to marry and practicing her pie-baking skills, as she hopes to win the blue ribbon at the fair.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
570L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; lesbian; lesbian mother; lesbian adults; same-sex relationship
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
two mothers
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Awards
Rainbow List, 2013 Juvenile Fiction
Keywords
gay rights; discrimination; prejudice; mothers and daughters; fair; ribbon; pie; competition; Vermont; homophobia
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gennari, Jennifer, "My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer" (2012). Diverse Families. 170.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/170