Next door to happy

Call Number

  • J STRO (OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Holiday House, [2022]

Physical Description

184 pages ; 22 cm

Audience

Grades 4-6. Holiday House.

Summary

Twelve-year-old Violet Crane is the only child in a broken home, with a mother who is increasingly scared of leaving the house, so when a new family with five boisterous children (and a dog) moves in next door she is convinced that they must be the happiest family in the whole world; they cheerfully include Violet in their games but, as school starts, she becomes aware that even happy families have their problems, and that twelve-year-old Reggie (the quiet one) may need Violet's friendship just as much as she needs his.

Notes

"Margaret Ferguson Books."