by Pat Murphy
I loved the girls in this book. Fox and Newt are so perfectly poised between childhood and adolescence, between that subterranean self that exists early on and the later, public iceberg self. Their groping towards the light is beautifully mirrored in their writing. Also, the parents, siblings and fr...
Joan is a 12 year old who has to move to California with her family. She makes a new friend and together they begin an adventure of being fierce, writing and learning about their families and truth. I had the feeling that I may have read part of it before as a short story somewhere. It's sweet, ...