The Paris Novel, Ruth Reichl Middle Grade Jobless and discouraged but stubbornly

Jobless and discouraged but stubbornly resourceful

not until the day an accident at a softball game sparks an unlikely friendship

it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together

the InvestiGators are called on the scene

And then comes the knock at the door

The Paris Novel, Ruth Reichl Middle Grade Jobless and discouraged but stubbornlyStella reached for an oyster, tipped her head, and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean. Oysters, she thought. Where have they been all my life? When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one way plane ticket and a note reading Go to Paris. Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a traumatic childhood has kept her confined to the strict routines of her