{"product_id":"meet-me-halfway-hardcover","title":"Meet Me Halfway - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnika Fajardo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A romp of a read!\" --Rebecca Balcárcel, Pura Belpré Honor-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Half of Happy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen new classmates Mattie and Mercedes meet and realize they have the same Colombian dad, the two team up in a \u003ci\u003eParent Trap-\u003c\/i\u003einspired misadventure to meet him for the first time in this sharp and poignant middle grade novel about the bonds that make a family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMattie Gomez feels directionless after being uprooted from her beloved Minnesota and forced to move in with her new stepfamily in California. So when she meets a girl at her new middle school who looks exactly like her, she's not sure what to make of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut her doppelganger, the popular Mercedes Miller, doesn't like it one bit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMercedes is used to getting what she wants, when she wants; Mattie would rather be invisible and blend into the background. Mercedes lives in a big empty house with her nanny; Mattie's new home is packed-to-the-gills, twenty-four\/seven chaos. Mercedes has a short fuse; Mattie is a planner. Though they may look alike, the two of them couldn't be more different. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon enough, however, Mattie and Mercedes learn that they have at least one thing in common: a dad from Colombia that neither of them has ever met. Determined to meet the father they've never known, these polar opposites suddenly have to work together to fake sleepovers, evade their friends, and plot daring escapes from school field trips in an effort to track down him down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf only they could stop bickering long enough to get the show on the road.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnika Fajardo was born in Colombia and raised in Minnesota. She wrote a book about that experience, \u003ci\u003eMagical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family\u003c\/i\u003e. Anika is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat If a Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Minnesota Book Award and was a CCBC Choices selection, and \u003ci\u003eMeet Me Halfway\u003c\/i\u003e. A writer, editor, and teacher, she lives in the very literary city of Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.5 x 5.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766650994976,"sku":"9781534495906","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5278df5e584a18a79f4755b8fec077a4.webp?v=1780296183","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/meet-me-halfway-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}