To Night Owl From Dogfish

De: Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer

Narrado por: Imani Parks, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch, Sullivan Jones, Bahni Turpin, Renata Friedman, Cassandra Campbell, Robbie Daymond, Giordan Diaz, Alexandra Harris, Johnathan McClain, Emily Rankin, Various

From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.

Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads.

When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends--and possibly, one day, even sisters.

But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. Now that they can't imagine life without each other, will the two girls (who sometimes call themselves Night Owl and Dogfish) figure out a way to be a family?


Read by Cassandra Morris and Imani Parks, with Michael Crouch, Sullivan Jones, Bahni Turpin, and Renata Friedman, featuring Cassandra Campbell, Robbie Daymond, Giordon Diaz, Alexandra Harris, Jonathan McClain, Emily Rankin, Abigail Revasch, Erin Spencer, and Emily Woo Zeller

Reseñas de la Crítica

Acclaim for To Night Owl from Dogfish

A New York Time Editor's Choice
A Junior Library Guild 2019 Selection
An Amazon best book of the month for February 2019
#3 on the Indie Next list for spring 2019 for Independent Booksellers
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Children's Book of 2019

"Built on a foundation of absurdity, coincidence and the occasional rather good one-liner, the novel manages the difficult balancing act of using increasingly ridiculous, and often funny, situations to drill home the idea that every close relationship takes hard work, particularly when things start going south." —New York Times

* "This is a convincing and heartwarming look into the experiences of female friendship . . . An imaginative and compelling middle-grade novel depicting modern friendships and modern families." —School Library Journal, starred review

“A sweet and amusing tale that celebrates diversity while reinforcing the power of love and the importance of family.” —Kirkus

“Written entirely in emails and letters, this laugh-out-loud novel showcases the collaborative skills of bestselling authors Sloan (Short) and Wolitzer (Bellzhar) . . . Featuring a dramatic climax and a host of surprising twists, the novel affirms that families conventional and unconventional are families just the same.” —Publishers Weekly

“Even if the target readership eschews email these days, they’ll be hard-pressed not to be laughing out loud at the witty, clever email and letter repartee among the girls, their dads, and the rest of the supporting cast . . . Alternately heartwarming and hilarious.” —Booklist

“The book’s affectionately satirical take on our twelve-year-old heroines and their approaches to life is funny, and the epistolary format is an engaging way into the girls’ personalities and defenses.” —BCCB

“While Bett and Avery’s non-stop comical high jinks prove entertaining, the girls symbolize a broader definition of family and experience real struggles . . . Educators and librarians seeking an interesting novel that promotes diversity and might appeal to reluctant readers will want to add this book to their shelves.” —VOYA

LOVED IT!!!

No matter how old you are, you will find something you can relate to in this story. I’m almost 30 and I absolutely loved it. The story and the cast were brilliant. I highly recommend it!

great story, even better performance!

this book is written in email and letter format, which I thought might be difficult to understand through audiobook, but it turns out that it was much more fun to listen to than to just read. I enjoyed hearing the different perspectives of each character as they saw the events unfold, and it was unlike any other book I've read. Hearing the different characters' voices helped a lot, and the performances of the voice actors were incredible! I highly recommend this book to kids 10 and up and adults. As a middle school teacher, I will be recommending this book to lots of kids. the fact that the two main characters have gay dads makes the book current and relevant, but isn't too political, and I don't imagine anyone would have any negative opinions of the way the authors' present homosexuality. The book does not have any adult themes that would be uncomfortable for young readers.

Amazing book!

One of the things I loved about this book is that it tells readers that every family is different... and not one is perfect. Avery and Bett are such lovable characters and their story is sweet and heartwarming. The Audible version of this is told very well with a wide cast of narrators which makes it very entertaining. Highly recommend this!!

Funny and Captivating

The Audible was so good. I really enjoyed everything about this book. Even the repetitive Re re re re.
Enjoyed it so much I bought the book and CD audio for my 13year old grand daughter. I hope she likes it as much as I do.
Don't miss out on this one.

"Re, re, re, re, re, re, re, re, re..."

The first hour or so was rather annoying because of the continual, "Re, re..." to refer to the subject matter in the emails. But, get through that and what a delightfully fun novel!

The narrators are the perfect "tween" girls and I love that they're so different, yet so good for one another. Avery's neuroses are spot-on and Bett's fearlessness is the girl I always wanted to be. And, the supporting cast is marvelous - Bahni Turpin, Sullivan Jones - two of my favorites.

Repeated “re’s”

It was very difficult to deal with the “re re re re re” at the beginning of (very short) chapters. I turned it off as I couldn’t do it.

compelling book ... fantastic reading!

I have not enjoyed a book as much as this in quite awhile. but the readers brought it alive and so believable. WELL DONE!

Amazing!

This book is one of my favorites. Highly recommended. I don't know how many times I have read this. It is heartwarming and fun.

Charming and funny

This is a quick listen that is sweet and funny. I thought it was totally charming. I’ve been listening to some dark true crime, and this was just the listen to lighten things up for me.

Wonderful!

I smiled and giggled all the way through this. Heartwarming is an overused term but this book fits it so perfectly.