The Carnival at Bray
by Jessie Ann Foley
Foley, J. A. (2014). The carnival at Bray.
Ashford, CT: Elephant Rock Books.
16-year-old Chicago native Maggie Lynch has been uprooted
from her home and hauled off to Bray, Ireland with her younger sister when her
mom marries a man she’s known only four months and agrees to move to his
hometown on the other side of the world.
Forced to leave behind her beloved Nanny Ei and her wanna be rock star Uncle
Kevin whom she idolizes, Maggie wonders if she will ever feel at home in her
new surroundings. Maggie struggles to
make friends with the girls in her new school and finds the only person she can
really talk to is 100-year-old Dan Sean, the oldest resident in the
county. One of the only things that
bring Maggie joy are the care packages she receives from Uncle Kevin containing
books, music and words of wisdom. So
when suddenly Uncle Kevin is found dead on New Year’s Day and Maggie discovers
her family has lied to her about the details, she is devastated. Armed with only Kevin’s letter to her, Nanny
Ei’s Christmas money and two tickets to see Nirvana at the Palaghiaccio di
Marino in Rome, Maggie embarks on the trip of a lifetime. Along the way Maggie discovers true love and
what it means to truly live. Kirkus
Review recommends Kurt Cobain’s biography Heavier
than Heaven as a companion book to this Printz Honor novel and students who
enjoyed The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky and Timely Persuasion
by Jacob Lacivita will no doubt love this book.
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