No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home - Paperback

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No Place Like Home - Paperback

No Place Like Home - Paperback

by James Bird
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Book Overview

by James Bird (Author)

An unhoused boy and his family search for stability in this middle-grade novel praised as "big-hearted" and "emotionally resonant."

Perfect for back-to-school reading.

When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays.

Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing for days, slowing down the family's progress and adding to their worry.

Then Opin finds a stray dog who needs him as much as he needs her, and his longing for a stable home intensifies, as his brother's reckless ways hit a new high. Opin makes a new friend in the shelter, but shelters don't allow dogs...

Will anything other than a real home ever be enough?

Author Biography

James Bird is the author of The Brave, a Book Riot Best Book of 2020 and praised as "full of heart, authenticity, and courage" by School Library Journal in a starred review, and The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls, which Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books called "grounded in love." He is also a screenwriter and director at the independent film company, Zombot Pictures. Originally from California, James Bird is of Ojibwe descent, and now lives in Massachusetts with his wife, the author and actor Adriana Mather, and their son.

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.9 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN
Publication Date: August 13, 2024
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: No Place Like Home
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 11
ISBN9781250877611
Author James Bird
PublisherSquare Fish
GenreChildren and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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James Bird is the author of The Brave, The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls, and No Place Like Home, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, praised by SLJ in a starred review as "a big-hearted story of growing up through hardship." He is also a screenwriter and director at the independent film company, Zombot Pictures. A California native of Ojibwe descent, he now lives in Massachusetts with his wife, the author and actor Adriana Mather, and their son.

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