Not knowing quite how to approach her aunt, Jemma, River goes along with the charade and is soon loving life on the island. When she gets on the ferry to finish her journey, she meets the exuberant Cricket, who mistakes River for a 17-year-old named Liv whom she is supposed to meet so that the two can work at the lodge. Instead of getting this help, River takes all of the money in the trailer and sets off to buy a bus ticket to Great Bear Island. Her best friend's mother won't let her hang out with River anymore, and her school principal has informed her that she'll be stopping by at 7:00 in the evening with a social worker, because it's come to her attention that River needs help. Currently, Sunny hasn't been back for days, and River is living alone in a decrepit trailer with little food. But as her new life spins out of control, Frannie begins to worry if she'll ever get back home.Ī celebration of the power of love and connection, Megan Shull's extraordinary new novel captures one girl's journey to find her voice, heal her heart, and discover the joy of bouncing back.River has lived her whole life with her single mother, Sunny, who is young and fun, but also very unreliable. Plunged into lives and adventures she's only imagined-from being a pop star to meeting one super-cute boy-Frannie finds courage in the unforgettable friends and families she meets along the way. Amazing There's only one catch: waking up as someone else keeps happening.

When Frannie makes one desperate, crazy wish- BOOM -she magically bounces into a whole new life, with a totally different family.

And her parents have just announced they're going on a last-minute vacation- without her. Seventh grader Frannie Hudson wonders what it would be like to trade in her family for a new one. Megan Shull's new novel is perfect for fans of Wendy Mass, Holly Goldberg Sloan, and Meg Cabot. The author of The Swap, which is now a Disney Channel Original Movie, delivers another hilarious, heartwarming, and empowering story about a girl who relives the same day over and over again-each time as someone new.

Bounce by Megan Shull