Summary
Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house. Full description
Summary: |
Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house. |
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Physical Description: |
248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
ISBN: |
9780553496864 (trade) 0553496867 (trade) 9780553496871 (lib. bdg.) 0553496875 (lib. bdg.) 9780553496895 (pbk.) 0553496891 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
Nielsen's first two young adult novels, Word Nerd and Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom, won critical acclaim and multiple young readers' choice awards. The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen won the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award and the Canadian Library Association's Children's Book of the Year. She lives in Vancouver with her family and two extremely destructive cats. |