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Bauer, Joan

Almost Home

265 pp. | Viking | September, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-01289-3 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Because Sugar's mother can't resist the persuasions of Sugar's gambling father, the worst happens and they're evicted from their house. Sugar eventually ends up in a foster home where she finds space to deal with her "broken places." Sugar's observations on how people treat the poor and homeless come organically from her character; her mixture of distrust and longing for connection rings true.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2012

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