No one wants to ride the divorce express. Especially not Phoebe. It means she has to leave her New York City apartment and her boyfriend every Sunday night to spend the week in the country with her dad. It means she has to start at a new school, make new friends and watch her father go on dates. Now neither place feels like home. And then her mother makes an announcement. Can Phoebe cope with any more changes?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Piccolo Books .

There are 208 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .

Award-winning and beloved author, Paula Danziger died on the afternoon of July 8, 2004 at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City after complications from a heart attack at age 59. Danziger is best known as the author of The Amber Brown series and the modern classic, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. Set to celebrate its 30th anniversary this fall, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit quickly established Danziger as one of America's most popular authors for young adults.