![]() ![]() It’s a shoe hurtling through the air that brings the two together, and as the book progresses, they gain an overall better understanding of life itself by putting themselves in each other’s shoes. While Miles thinks his bowling shoes give him a quirky edge, Amy feels her heel lift brings unwanted attention. The “shoes” element in In Your Shoes is both physical and metaphorical. ![]() Synopsis provided by Delactorte Books for Young Readers. ![]() Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way. Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family’s bowling center even if though he could be killed by a bolt of lightning or a wild animal that escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo on the way there.Īmy is the new girl at school who wishes she didn’t have to live above her uncle’s funeral home and tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after. Donna Gephart explores how friendship adds balance in her latest novel for middle-graders, In Your Shoes. 9, 2018, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages 9-12)īeing a tween is hard enough, but when you add in all the outside pressures, it can be downright suffocating. IN YOUR SHOES, by Donna Gephart, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Oct. ![]()
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