Jacksonville Public Library

Home away from home, Cynthia Lord

eng

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Ages 8-12, Scholastic Inc

fiction

Home away from home

1341268810

Cynthia Lord

"Every summer since Mia can remember, she and her mom have visited Grandma together, but this year things have changed. Mia is going to Maine alone while her mom gets their house ready to sell. It'll be a new start, Mom says, after the divorce. Mia doesn't want a new start. She's tired of change. At least things will be the same at Grandma's, though. Mia will walk to town for ice cream and wait by the water, watching for birds. Then Mia meets Grandma's know-it-all new neighbor, who's just her age. Cayman acts like he belongs at Grandma's house and is the expert on everything! And when he and Mia spot a wild white bird of prey, he acts like it's his job to find out what it is. Unless Mia can find out first. And, in her effort to compete with Cayman, she makes a decision that could put the bird in danger and change things for the town, for Cayman, and even for herself. Can Mia stop what she's put into motion?" --Book jacket

pre adolescent