Paul Griffin is the award-winning author of Ten Mile River, The Orange Houses, and Burning Blue. He lives, trains dogs, and writes in New York City.
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
A People magazine Popular Pick
A Summer 2016 Kids’ Indie Next Pick
A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer Pick
Working Mother magazine's #1 Best Book of the Year So Far
A 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award winner
"[T]his bittersweet, well-paced book…left me with faith that people
can feel discarded, as though everything they love will be taken
from them, and still end up whole, if they are touched by love of
friendship." — The New York Times Book Review
* "Entrancing, magical, tragic, and uplifting." — Kirkus
Reviews, starred review
* "As in his young adult books, Griffin (Adrift) handles hard
topics with penetrating insight and honesty, while balancing
painful moments (and there are many) with levity." —
Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "As funny and heartwarming as it is
gut-punching...thoroughly engaging." —Shelf Awareness,
starred review
* "Although this middle grade book covers some tough topics...it
never loses hope." —School Library Connection, starred
review
"If you have middle schoolers who are too young to fully grasp John
Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and love dogs, give them this sweet
tearjerker." — School Library Journal
"This is a multi-tissue read...Griffin’s characters are unique and
charmingly multidimensional. Readerslooking for a deep read will
take to this story as quickly as Flip takes to Ben." —
Booklist
"When Friendship Followed Me Home was written for middle-grade
readers, yet it will find readership among all
ages." —VOYA
"A new classic of young people’s
literature.” —workingmother.com
"The story is gripping, the ending bittersweet, and the writing
amazing.” —Imagination Soup
"At its core, this book posits a refreshing, if not new, definition
of familly.... WHEN FRIENDSHIP FOLLOWED ME HOME is terse and
gripping, sad and hilarious, emotional and very, very real.” —
Joel Shoemaker, The News-Gazette
"Full of pace and laughter, bruises and heart. Paul Griffin is
the sort of writer you're torn between telling the whole world
about and keeping all to yourself."—Markus Zusak, author of Printz
Honor Winner The Book Thief
“‘Friendship’ is an absolutely beautiful, heart-expanding
book. I cried, but more than that I felt this giant balloon
of love for everyone. This story convinced me all over again
that love and imagination are life’s biggest magic. It’ll make you
want to grab hold of everyone important to you and lick them on the
nose.” —Rebecca Stead, author of Newbery Award
winner When You Reach Me
"Some books change the way you see the world. Some change the way
you breathe. This book will leave you breathless. This is
Paul Griffin's best book yet—and that's really saying something."
—Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award
Finalist Sold
"When Friendship Followed Me Home is both a beautiful
book, and an honest book; it is, in fact, beautiful because it is
honest. We see the pain of loss, and the glory of community. We see
love in its many forms, and we witness the truth that love goes on
despite all barriers. Cheer for Ben and Halley: it is kids like
these who are our hope.” —Gary D. Schmidt, author
of Okay for Now
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