An Occasionally Happy Family

Name: An Occasionally Happy Family
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9780063286672
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Cliff Burke

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Summary

An Occasionally Happy Family by Cliff Burke is a heartwarming story centred around a family's road trip to the Texas desert. The journey becomes an unexpected adventure filled with humour, discoveries, and challenges that bring the family closer together. Along the way, they navigate personal tensions and secrets, leading to moments of growth and understanding.
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You might enjoy this delightful children's book if you love heartfelt family stories that combine humour and adventure. It centres around a family road trip filled with unexpected twists and turns, offering a blend of laugh-out-loud moments and touching revelations as the characters learn more about each other and themselves.

An Occasionally Happy Family

Description

Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a disastrous family vacation (sweltering heat! bear chases!) that ends with a terrible surprise: his dad's new girlfriend.

There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And Theo is an indoor animal. It doesn’t help that this will be the first vacation they’re taking since Mom passed away.

Once there, the family contends with 110 degree days, wild bears, and an annoying amateur ornithologist and his awful teenage vlogger son. Then, Theo’s dad hits him with a whopper of a surprise: the whole trip is just a trick to introduce his secret new girlfriend.

Theo tries to squash down the pain in his chest. But when it becomes clear that this is an auditioning-to-be-his-stepmom girlfriend, Theo must find a way to face his grief and talk to his dad before his family is forever changed.

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An Occasionally Happy Family by Cliff Burke is praised for its humorous yet poignant portrayal of a family's road trip adventure, deftly capturing the dynamics between Theo, his sister, and their father. The book skillfully combines comedy with the realistic emotions stemming from family grief, offering a riotous cast and memorable characters. It is well-received for its realistic depiction of family transitions, making it popular among fans of humour and adventure.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063286672

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 February 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 193.0mm

Weight: 151g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Cliff Burke Grief & Loss Young Adult

About the Author

Cliff Burke grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. He worked as a house painter, a parking lot attendant, and a sign-twirling dancing banana before graduating from the College of William and Mary. He currently teaches English in Austin, Texas.