- Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
- Year Published: 2012
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 310 p.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 600
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780763654078
- 0763654078
Subjects
- Family problems -- Fiction.
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
- Homosexuality -- Fiction.
- Grief -- Fiction.
- Restaurants -- Fiction.
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Call number: Teen Fiction
Available Copies: Downtown Teen, Malletts Teen, West Teen
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Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible in her family, where grumpy eighteen-year-old Sarah is working at the family restaurant, fourteen-year-old Holden is struggling with school bullies and his emerging homosexuality, and adorable, three-year-old Charlie is always the center of attention, and when tragedy strikes, the fragile bond holding the family together is stretched almost to the breaking point.
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I wanted to like this book more than I did. I thought the characters were charming, and Fern was a fun main character. But when the "big thing" happens, I didn't want it to be what it was and I wasn't particularly in the mood for dealing with that kind of issue. I liked the family though, and the fact that it was partially set in the restaurant. I think this will appeal to certain teens, and hopefully if they read it they'll be more in the mood for it than I was.
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