This wholly satisfying Michael L. Printz Honor Book is told from multiple points of view. Lily Samson both loves and is embarrassed by her eccentric family. Her grandmother has an invisible friend; her grandfather is a racist (she believes); her mother brings elderly clients home from work for dinner; and her older brother keeps dropping in and out of school. Lily wishes her family could be "normal" for just one day. Then serendipity strikes. Through a series of surprising encounters, Lily's family members all reach new understanding about themselves and make changes for the betterand Lily gets her dream of one whole and perfect day.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Playaway Young Adult .

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 13-17 years.

There are 248 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 2013 by Astra Publishing House .

Judith Clarke has written many award-winning young adult novels including Night Train , The Lost Day , and Al Capsella and the Watchdogs . She lives in Melbourne, Australia.