Book
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- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
- EASTWOOD: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
A soft place to land
Call Number
- J MARK (CEN, EAS, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers [2021]
Physical Description
281 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience
Grades 4-6. Katherine Tegen Books.
Summary
Joy Taylor has always believed home is the house she lived in her entire life. But then her dad lost his job, and suddenly, home becomes a tiny apartment with thin walls, shared bedrooms, and a place for tense arguments between Mom and Dad. Hardest of all, Joy doesn't have her music to escape through anymore. Without enough funds, her dreams of becoming a great pianist--and one day, a film score composer--have been put on hold. A friendly new neighbor her age lets Joy in on the complex's best-kept secret: the Hideout, a cozy refuge that only the kids know about. And it's in this little hideaway that Joy starts exchanging secret messages with another kid in the building who also seems to be struggling, until--abruptly, they stop writing back. What if they're in trouble? Joy is determined to find out who this mystery writer is, fast, but between trying to raise funds for her music lessons, keeping on a brave face for her little sister, and worrying about her parents' marriage, Joy isn't sure how to keep her own head above water.
Subjects
- Families > Juvenile fiction.
- Apartment houses > Juvenile fiction.
- Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
- Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
- African American girls > Juvenile fiction.
- African American families > Juvenile fiction.
- Apartment houses > Fiction.
- African American families > Fiction.
- African American girls > Fiction.
- Friendship > Fiction.
- Moving, Household > Fiction.
- Neighbors > Fiction.
- Employees > Dismissal of > Fiction.