The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Armisted's credit card fails to work at a sandwich place in the airport and Avery notices her father is not surprised (p. In the book, The Summer of Broken Things, what happens at the airport that gives the reader a hint that all may not be well with Mr. Reminds her he is from a small town, and he had not flown on an airplane until his first job interview in New York (p. How does David Armisted respond to his daughter when he sees this exchange? Avery's father She believes Kayla has never been on a plane before and makes fun of her to her friends over the phone. In the book, The Summer of Broken Things, Avery speaks down to Kayla at the airport. In the book, The Summer of Broken Things, where does Kayla's father live? Kayla's father lives in a VA nursing home (p. However in the 1980s he went bankrupt and became a truck driver (p. What did her grandfather do for a living and what occupation does he do now? Kayla's grandfather was a farmer on a farm that was in his family for five generations. Margaret Peterson Haddix weaves together two completely separate lives in this engaging novel that explores what it really means to be a family-and what to do when it's all falling apart.In the book, The Summer of Broken Things, Kayla tells the cabdriver about her grandfather on the way to the airport.

Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only push them-and their families-farther apart. Maybe the girls can put aside their differences and work through it together. But in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Kayla struggles just to imagine leaving the confines of her small town. Avery is horrified that her father thinks he can choose her friends-and make her miss soccer camp. So it's a huge surprise when Avery's father offers to bring Kayla along on a summer trip to Spain. The two girls were friends as little kids, but that's ancient history now. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as 'butt-girl' at school.

Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. From New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes a novel about friendship and what it really means to be a family in the face of lies and betrayal.

The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix