TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt,Gary D
TI  - Just Like That
SN  - 9781432886875
U1  - FIC SCH 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Waterville, Maine
PB  - Thorndike Press
KW  - Death
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Schools
KW  - Large type books
N1  - Ages 10 and up; Thorndike Press; Grades 4-6; Thorndike Press
N2  - "In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other"--
ER  -