Alice Atherton's Grand Tour -- Lesley M. M. Blume, Hardcover

The heartwarming story of a young girl sent to live with the extraordinary Murphy Family in southern France.

Ten-year-old Alice Atherton is sent by her father to spend the summer with his dear friends the Murphys who live with their three children and pet monkey in the French Riveria. There, Alice will meet and learn from some of the most extraordinary luminaries of the time. She visits a junk yard with Pablo Picasso looking for objects to make into art, performs a dance inspired by celestial bodies with the renowned Ballet Russes, and imagines magical adventures with Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

An uplifting story that will appeal to readers who love books by authors like Kate DiCamillo and Jeanne Birdsall.

Author: Lesley M. M. Blume
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.51w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780553536812
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 08/21/2023
Booklist 09/01/2023 pg. 87

About the Author
Lesley M. M. Blume is an award-winning journalist, historian, and bestselling author. She is the author of several critically acclaimed middle-grade novels, including Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, Julia and the Art of Practical Travel, The Rising Star of Rusty Nail, and Tennyson, which the Chicago Tribune praised for its "brilliant, unusual writing." Her adult books include Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World and Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises.