Something Like Home

Name: Something Like Home
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781801301497
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By Andrea Beatriz Arango

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Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango is a touching children's book that follows a young girl navigating significant life changes after her family moves from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States. This heartfelt story delves into themes of identity, belonging, and the resilience required to adapt to a new place while still holding onto the essence of home. With a rich cultural backdrop, the book offers both a personal and universal exploration of finding one's footing amidst unfamiliar surroundings.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate stories that delve into themes of belonging, family, and personal growth. With engaging characters and emotional depth, it's an ideal read for young readers who enjoy heartwarming narratives and discovering what truly makes a place feel like home.

Something Like Home

Written by Newbery Honor-winning author, Andrea Beatriz Arango, this is a heartfelt and moving novel in verse about family, foster care and letting new people in.

Written by Newbery Honor-winning author, Andrea Beatriz Arango, this is a heartfelt and moving novel in verse about family, foster care and letting new people in.

Description

A heartfelt and moving novel in verse for readers 9+.

who wants a temporary place
to act like a forever one?
Especially when the social services people keep telling you
over and over and over that place
is "safer" than your parents
is a "good" solution
is someone you're "extremely lucky"
to have offered you a home.

Laura Rodriguez has a plan: No matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same.

But that's all going to change. Because when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog will help them get better, and things will finally go back to the way they should.

After all, how do you explain to others that you're technically a foster kid, even when you live with your aunt? Most of all . . . how do you explain that you're not where you belong, and you just want to go home?

From the winner of the Newbery Honor Award.

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Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home has been praised for its strong storytelling, compelling characters, and rich language, with several reviews noting it as beautifully written and heartwarming. The book's verse effectively portrays emotional complexity, particularly the protagonist Laura's guilt, while offering affirmation and positivity for readers in similar situations. It is described as a triumph and exquisitely written, suggesting it is destined to become a classic.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801301497

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 240

Collections

Andrea Beatriz Arango Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Young Adult

About the Author

Andrea Beatriz Arango is the Newbery Honor Award-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and is a former public school teacher with almost a decade of teaching experience. Andrea now writes the types of children's books she wishes students had more access to. She balances her life in Virginia with trips home to see her family and eat lots of tostones de pana. When she's not busy writing, you can find her enjoying nature in the nearest forest or body of water.