Hello, Future Me, Kim Ventrella
Hello, Future Me, Kim Ventrella
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Hello, Future Me

Author: Kim Ventrella

Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle

Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2020


Synopsis

Eleven-year-old June is a problem-solver. Some people might call her a busybody, but that's okay. Just look at all the couples she helped find love! (Grateful newlyweds Marlene and Big Vic have even promised June free hot chocolate for life at their caf.)However, when June learns that her parents are getting divorced, she has to face the fact that there are some problems too big even for her. At least, that's what the adults in her life keep saying.But June's convinced there's a way to make her parents fall back in love. While brainstorming ideas on her new secondhand laptoppurchased from a mysterious store in town called The Shop of Last ResortJune gets a strange IM from someone named JuniePie28someone who claims to be an older version of June messaging her from the future.At first, she assumes it's a prank. But JuniePie28 knows too much about June's life to be a fraud, and future June warns her against interfering with her parents' marriage. But June can't just sit around and watch her parents' marriage dissolve, not when there's a magical shop in town that could be the answer to all her problems! Will June prove her older self wrong and stop the divorce? Or will she have to accept that there are some things she can't control?

About Kim Ventrella

Kim Ventrella is the author of the middle grade novels The Secret Life of Sam; Hello, Future Me; Bone Hollow; and Skeleton Tree, and she is a contributor to the anthology Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Her works explore difficult topics with big doses of humor, whimsy, and hope. Kim has held a variety of interesting jobs, including children’s librarian, scare actor, Peace Corps volunteer, and French instructor, but her favorite job title is author. She lives in Oklahoma City with her dog and cowriter, Hera. Find out more at www.kimventrella.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on July 24, 2020

What if, at the age of 12, you could communicate with both your 7-year-old self from the past (Juniepie15) and your 20-year-old self (Juniepie28) in the future. When June's dad gives her a refurbished laptop for her birthday, June starts getting messages from two other Juniepies. At the heart of the......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on November 12, 2019

I LOVE this book! The characters are so wonderful, so hugable. Protagonist June is strong-willed, fun and smart, and her past and future Junes, who she speaks to on a magic laptop, give us a fantastic look at how people change and grow. I loved their interactions with each other. June's best friend C......more

Goodreads review by Karen on June 22, 2020

A great middle grade book, this story tackles the topic of divorce mixed with magical hijinx. When a magical laptop sends June a mysterious message from someone named JuniePie28 warning her not to try to stop her parents' divorce, she doesn't listen and ends up learning the hard way that magic is no......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on October 28, 2019

For small town girl, June, turning twelve turns into a disaster with manic magic, flying gnomes, enchanted laptops, bigfoot fanaticism, and parents gone haywire. In an effort to restore her parents to the way they were before the divorce began, ever-organized June concocts a magic plan. But things q......more

Goodreads review by S.A. on October 28, 2019

A brave, heart-warming journey of one girl’s hopes and fears as her family changes, the assurance of love, and of course . . . sparkly magic! Ventrella explores the reality of divorce with a delicate balance of truth and wavering emotions. June wants nothing more than to keep her parent’s marriage t......more