Download or read book Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer written by Janet S. Wong and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a few things / about your best friend that you can only learn / when you see where he's from. Minn knew / that Jake was from the city. But she didn't know / that his grandmother was Korean. That he liked taking bubble baths. / That his brother, Soup, might be an eating champion. / That Jake was a cheater, and that he had a . . . / girlfriend?! There are some things / about your best friend that it's better not / to know. Bouncing free verse and playful black-and-white illustrations combine to make this a charming follow-up to Minn and Jake. Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.