Jasmine and Maddie by Christine Pakkala
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a cute book about two eighth grade girls who come from very different backgrounds but find they really have a lot in common after all.
Jasmine moves to Clover with her mom after her dad dies. Although they could stay with her uncle in the next town over, Jasmine’s mom wants to be independent. In order to do that, they have to live in the trailer park and mom has to work two jobs. Jasmine puts up a wall around herself so that no one sees the real her.
Maddie comes from the picture perfect family but as the middle child, she feels like she doesn’t have any special place in the world. When she doesn’t make the soccer team along with her best friend, Kate, she feels like she has no friends at all.
Because they share some classes, Maddie and Jasmine who would be unlikely friends, find out that they are more alike than they are different.
This was a book I really enjoyed reading and I highly recommend it. 🙂