Alice Colossus is a bright but shy twelve-year-old who has spent her life in an orphanage in upstate New York. Then at summer camp the girls keep mistaking her for someone called Miami. Is this a clue to Alice's real background? Determined to solve the mystery, Alice breaks all the rules by setting off to find Miami, and perhaps a family of her own at last.

An engrossing coming-of-age novel from the author of Wicked. A story of courage and individuality, told with humour and originality.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Balzer & Bray/Harperteen .

Gregory Maguire is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was made into a hit musical. He is also America's premier interpreter of the fairy-tale world. He lives with his family in Boston, US.