For fans of Rebecca Stead and Joan Bauer comes a scrappy, poignant, uplifting debut about family, friendship, and the importance of learning both how to offer help and how to accept it.
"A big-hearted novel with characters I wish were my friends in real life." -Gennifer Choldenko, author of the Al Capone at Alcatraz series
Jeanne Ann is smart, stubborn, living in an orange van, and determined to find a permanent address before the start of seventh grade. Cal is awkward, sensitive, living in a humongous house across the street, and determined to save her. Jeanne Ann wants Cal's help just about as much as she wants to live in a van.
As the two form a tentative friendship that grows deeper over alternating chapters, they're buoyed by a cast of complex, oddball characters, who let them down, lift them up, and leave you cheering. Debut novelist Danielle Svetcov shines a light on a big problem without a ready answer, pulling it off with the perfect balance of humor, heartbreak, and hope.
"Insightful [and] touching...Not to be missed." -Karen Cushman, author of The Midwife's Apprentice
"For readers of Dan Gemeinhart [and] Katherine Applegate." -The Children's Book Review
"You won't be able to put it down. Trust." -ScaryMommy.com
"Relatable and beautifully told." -Commonsense Media
"Pertinent....Honest...Uplifting...Fresh." -PW
"Utterly of this moment." -Jack Cheng, author of See You in the Cosmos
"Absorbing and warmhearted." -Annie Barrows, author of the Ivy & Bean series
"Realistically hopeful...Recommended." -SLC
"Sharp...Perceptive." -BCCB
"Unforgettable." -Brightly
| ISBN: | 9780399539039 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2020 |
| Author: | Danielle Svetcov |
| Publisher: | The Dial Press an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 383 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Cooking / Food Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics |