The year is 1966. The Vietnam War rages overseas, the Beatles have catapulted into stardom, and twelve-year-old Rhode Island native Trudy Mixer is not thrilled with life. Her best friend, Michelle, has decided to become a cheerleader, everyone at school is now calling her Gertrude (her hated real name), and the gem of her middle school career, the Beatles fan club, has dwindled down to only three other members-the least popular kids at school. And at home, her workaholic father has become even more distant. Determined to regain her social status and prove herself to her father, Trudy looks toward the biggest thing happening worldwide: the Beatles. She is set on seeing their final world tour in Boston at the end of the summer-and meeting her beloved Paul McCartney. So on a hot August day, unknown to their families, Trudy and crew set off on their journey, each of them with soaring hopes for what lies ahead.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Ann Hood is the author of the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most , The Obituary Writer , Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine , The Red Thread , and The Knitting Circle , as well as the memoir Comfort: A Journey Through Grief , which was a New York Times Editor's Choice and chosen as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly . She has won two Pushcart Prizes as well as a Best American Spiritual Writing Award, two Best American Food Writing Award, and a Best American Travel Writing award. A regular contributor to the New York Times , Hood's short stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including Ploughshares , Tin House , Traveler , Bon Appetit , O , More , The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , The Paris Review , and others. She is the editor of the anthologies Knitting Yarns: Writers Writing About Knitting , Knitting Pearls: More Writers Writing About Knitting , and Providence Noir . Hood is also the author of books for children, including the middle-grade novel, How I Saved My Father (And Ruined Everything Else) , and the ten-book Treasure Chest series for young readers. Her new memoir, Morningstar: Growing Up with Books , will be published in August. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York City, and is married to the writer Michael Ruhlman.