Just Under the Clouds (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781524720117)

Can you still have a home if you don't have a house? In the spirit of The Truth About Jellyfish and Fish in a Tree comes a stunning debut about a family struggling to find a place to belong.

To climb a tree, always think in threes and you'll never fall. "Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot," Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Now Cora is in middle school, her father is gone, her family is homeless, and Cora has to look after her younger sister, Adare, who needs a lot of looking after.

When their room at the shelter is ransacked, Cora's mother brings them to an old friend's apartment, and Cora hopes this will be a place she can finally call home. When doubt seeps in, Cora makes an escape of her own and discovers something that will change how she sees her family and her place within it.

The beautiful debut by Melissa Sarno, the author of A Swirl of Ocean, will take root in your heart and blossom long after you've turned the last page.

"[A] heartbreaking yet hopeful story of a family searching for a place to belong." --Publishers Weekly

"[A] thought-provoking debut about the meaning of home and the importance of family." --The Horn Book Magazine

Author: Melissa Sarno
ISBN-10: 1524720119
ISBN-13: 9781524720117
Publisher: Yearling Books
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2019
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 196215 / Just Under the Clouds