The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish, Karina Yan Glaser
The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish, Karina Yan Glaser
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The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

Author: Karina Yan Glaser

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 5 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/19/2021


Synopsis

It’s summer on 141st Street, and Isa, Jessie, Oliver, Hyacinth, and Laney can’t wait for camping trips, bike rides, and all the fun summer has to offer. Most of all,
they’re looking forward to Papa’s surprise fortieth birthday party, which they’ve been planning for months.

But when Papa must leave town suddenly to help his best friend, trouble in theform of their distant grandparents shows up on their doorstep. Not only must the Vanderbeekers face the disappointment of ruined plans, but they have more than
one family secret to solve if they are going to give Papa the special birthday he deserves.

Witness the power of family history and family love in this funny, poignant addition to a series the New York Times Book Review hails as “delightful and heartwarming.”

About Karina Yan Glaser

Karina Yan Glaser is the author of the New York Times bestselling Vanderbeekers series and the standalone novel A Duet for Home, which received three starred reviews and has been nominated for more than a dozen state awards. A former middle school teacher, Karina lives in Harlem, New York City, with her husband, two teens, and an assortment of pets and houseplants. One of her proudest achievements is raising two kids who can’t go anywhere without a book. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla

This series is perfection. Please, please, please keep writing a new chapter in the Vanderbeeker story each year, Karina Yan Glaser! I look forward to my time in Harlem with this family each year. This year the kids are preparing to celebrate their dad's 40th birthday. After discovering a letter tha......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

The kids are gradually growing up. They’re now each two years older than they were in the first book. Great characters! Great family! Great neighbors. Great sense of community! Great food! Laugh out loud stories within the story. I came near (usually happy) tears at a couple places too. I do appreciat......more