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Connor,
Leslie.
WAITING FOR NORMAL New York : Katherin Tegen Books, 2008 IL 5-8, RL 5.8 ISBN: 0060890894 |
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Imagine having to keep track of your food and how much you eat because your mother hasn’t gone food shopping in a while. Or imagine having to entertain yourself on holidays because your mother is out…again. Twelve-year-old Addie lives in a yellow trailer on a busy corner lot with her neglectful mother. She wants her life to be “normal” and to live with her loving step-father and half-sisters. But she feels somewhat responsible for her mother. Addie doesn’t want her mother to get into trouble because she is never home with her. So Addie tries to make the best of it but it’s getting harder and harder to live with the lie. (Rhode Island Teen Book Award nominee, 2010) |
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Family problems -- Fiction.
Mothers -- Fiction. Stepfathers -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Self-reliance -- Fiction. Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Fiction. |
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