Paris for Two

About this book

A middle grade take on Anna and the French Kiss will have readers swooning!

Most people go to Paris to fall in love, but twelve-year-old Petunia Beanly goes to Paris to hide from it. She knows how much love hurts. She’ll never forget how painful it was to mess up badly with Windel Watson, the only boy who has ever made her heart turn over. Besides, love is really only for the golden people, like Pet’s gorgeous, glamorous, and infuriating older sister, Ava. So when Pet and her family move to Paris for a year, her plan is to stay in her new room with the blankets over her head.

But Paris knows how to find its way into the shyest of hearts. And Paris has a surprise in store for both Beanly sisters that will change the way they see themselves, each other, and the swirling adventure that is a first crush.

Reviews

Praise for Paris for Two:

"In her own idiosyncratic style, Stone has created a grand, romantic, heartfelt... tale that will make readers long for the city of light." -- Horn Book Magazine

"This confection of a story about scrappy 12-year-old Petunia "Pet" Beanly and her family while on sabbatical in Paris delivers a satisfying look at sibling rivalry and discovering true talents… readers will be charmed by Pet as she bonds with Ava and embraces her own strengths." -- Publishers Weekly

"Atmospheric and charming... intricately designed... readers will be whipping the pages to find out what happened." -- Kirkus Reviews

"This contemporary, realistic fiction novel has an inviting, page-turning pace." -- School Library Journal


Praise for Romeo Blue:
"Coming of age in a time of war, feeling both loved and abandoned, clever and yet perplexed, Flissy is an engaging protagonist." -- The Wall Street Journal

* "Compelling, and with plenty of heart and soul." -- Booklist, starred review

* "Romeo Blue is the best sort of sequel: one you didn't know you wanted but are ever so grateful to have…Both lyrical and propulsive." --Horn Book Magazine, starred review

"Charmingly lyrical and also notably authentic." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will get caught up in this story of young love, espionage, and war-torn families while still far away from the frontlines of the battlefield." -- School Library Journal


Praise for The Romeo and Juliet Code:

"Delightful." -- The Wall Street Journal

"Phoebe Stone's The Romeo and Juliet Code is quite simply the best novel for young readers I've read since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." -- The Boston Globe

*"Stone's intricate and lyrical novel, set during WWII, resembles The Secret Garden in all the best ways." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

*"Flissy is a kick, her ever-so-proper manners and stuffy Briticisms belied by her abundant curiosity and consequent meddling." -- The Horn Book Review, starred review


Praise for The Boy on Cinnamon Street:

* "Destined to be one of the great romantic moments in preteen fiction." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

* "Executed with wit and delicacy." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

* "Readers will feel for [Louise] and cheer for her in equal measure." -- Booklist, starred review