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The Other Side of Perfect

Name: The Other Side of Perfect
ISBN: 9781339054049

By Melanie Florence and Richard Scrimger

When Autumn shelters injured Cody, their hidden lives collide—and courage becomes their only escape.

poignant compassionate thought-provoking courageous

Genres

Friendship/Family Realistic Fiction Feelings/Wellbeing

What is The Other Side of Perfect about?

Autumn seems to have everything: a loving family, popular friends and a carefully protected secret life as a comic-book fan. Cody has none of that. His home is frightening, and after escaping a beating from his father, he has nowhere safe to go. When Autumn finds him injured behind her house, she hides him in her dad’s art studio. As their unlikely friendship grows, both children reveal the struggles they have been keeping hidden and discover the courage to ask for help.

About the author

Melanie Florence is an award-winning children’s author from Toronto, Canada. She writes warm, thoughtful stories and picture books that encourage readers to care, imagine and learn. Her well-known books include Missing Nimâmâ and Stolen Words, as well as Benjamin’s Thunderstorm and Benjamin Grows a Garden. Melanie enjoys reading, music and spending time with her family.

Pages

249 pages

Reading age

Older Junior (10-15)

This edition

2024

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