Something Like Home (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593566183)

A moving novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only for them to find family in each other along the way. From the Newbery Honor Award-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All.

"Trust me: this book will touch your heart." --Barbara O'Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish

Titi Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack,
but it's not like I brought a bunch of stuff.
How do you prepare for the unpreparable?
How do you fit your whole life in one bag?
And how am I supposed to trust social services
when they won't trust me back?

Laura Rodr刕uez Col has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space.

So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog will help them get better and things will finally go back to the way they should be.

After all, how do you explain to others that you're technically a foster kid, even though you live with your aunt? And most importantly . . . how do you explain that you're not where you belong, and you just want to go home?

Author: Andrea Beatriz Arango
ISBN-10: 0593566181
ISBN-13: 9780593566183
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 520948 / Something Like Home

Award: Pura Belpre Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/17/2023
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2023 pg. 68
School Library Journal 09/01/2023 pg. 99
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2023 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 09/15/2023 pg. 52