In this tender, gripping story from the award-winning author of Orbiting Jupiter, a boy starts out running on the track team and ends up running toward his future.
When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is happy about it. Jack is grieving the loss of Joseph, his foster brother, and adjusting to his role as big brother to Jupiter, Joseph's orphaned daughter. Dealing with Jay Perkins-who was definitely no friend of Joseph's-is the last thing he wants to do.
But as Jack's running grows stronger, so do his relationships with both Jay and Jupiter, and he starts to feel more like himself than he has since Joseph died. He's finding his stride . . . until Jupiter's grandparents decide to claim her as their own, and suddenly Jack's past and present smash together, threatening to dissolve both his newfound confidence and his friendships.
| ISBN: | 9780358699279 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2026 |
| Author: | Gary D Schmidt |
| Publisher: | Clarion Books an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men Children’s / Teenage general interest: Athletics and gymnastics Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories Stories about Family and Friends Sporting Stories Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |
In this tender, gripping story from the award-winning author of Orbiting Jupiter, a boy starts out running on the track team and ends up running toward his future.
When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is happy about it. Jack is grieving the loss of Joseph, his foster brother, and adjusting to his role as big brother to Jupiter, Joseph's orphaned daughter. Dealing with Jay Perkins-who was definitely no friend of Joseph's-is the last thing he wants to do.
But as Jack's running grows stronger, so do his relationships with both Jay and Jupiter, and he starts to feel more like himself than he has since Joseph died. He's finding his stride . . . until Jupiter's grandparents decide to claim her as their own, and suddenly Jack's past and present smash together, threatening to dissolve both his newfound confidence and his friendships.
Jupiter Rising features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Athletics and gymnastics, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Stories about Family and Friends, Sporting Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Jupiter Rising is available in Paperback
Jupiter Rising was written by Gary D Schmidt and published by Clarion Books an imprint of HarperCollins
Jupiter Rising has 208 pages
£8.09