The Other Side of Perfect

Author: Melanie Florence, Richard Scrimger
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.29h x 5.96w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781339002859
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2024
School Library Journal 04/01/2024 pg. 128

About the Author

MELANIE FLORENCE is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. Her most recent picture book, Stolen Words, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Her other books include Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools and the teen novels Just Lucky, He Who Dreams, The Missing, One Night, and Rez Runaway. Visit her at https: //www.melanieflorence.com/.

RICHARD SCRIMGER has written more than twenty books for children and adults, including Zomboy and Downside Up, many of which have won or been nominated for major awards and been published internationally. His novel Irresistible is part of the Almost Epic Squad series. Richard is also a popular presenter in schools. His latest novel, a collaboration with Melanie Florence, is Autumn Bird and the Runaway. Richard lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit him at http: //www.scrimger.ca/.