Summer Break
A Middle-grade Novel
Coming Summer 2027
June Parker thinks her life is perfect just the way it is. She lives with her mom Piper on a small island off the coast of California. June loves her routine and her cozy life with her mom – and is sure that this summer is going to be the best yet.
But everything changes when the Ortiz family – dad James and kids Greta, Brody, and Sophie – move to town. When June finds out Piper and James are dating, it threatens to upend her whole world.
Greta isn’t happy about it either. And so the girls decide to work together to split their parents up – a reverse Parent Trap. But nothing goes according to plan, and soon June and Greta are involved in ever-escalating plots, none of which are working…and are only bringing their parents closer.
It’s a summer of heists, fake pirate ghosts, accidental food poisoning, and unexpected dog adoption. But when one of their plans actually succeeds, June and Greta will have to reckon with the consequences. And they’ll realize that by trying so hard not to be sisters – they’ve accidentally ended up as friends.
But will June be able to make things right – before it’s too late?
About

New York Times bestselling author of books for kids and teens
Morgan Matson was born in New York City and grew up there and in Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended Occidental College as a theater major, but halfway through, switched her focus to writing and never looked back. She received an MFA in Writing for Children from the New School, and then a second MFA in Screenwriting from USC.
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She currently lives in Los Angeles with her rescue terrier, Murphy, in a house with blue floors that’s overflowing with books.











