Country Girl, City Girl - Hardcover

Having always lived a quiet country life on her farm in rural Maine, Phoebe finds the arrival of city-gal Melita to be quite overwhelming, but despite their external differences, the two girls soon realize they have many things in common where it counts and end up becoming unexpectedly good friends by summer’s end.

Lisa Jahn-Clough has written and illustrated a number of books for young children, including Alicia Has a Bad Day, My Friend and I, Missing Molly, Simon and Molly Plus Hester, and On the Hill, as well as her debut young adult novel Country Girl, City Girl. She is the chair of the illustration program at Maine College of Art and also teaches at the Vermont College Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives in Portland, Maine.