Next Door to Happy
New York : Holiday House, [2022]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Twelve-year-old Violet Crane is the only child in a broken home, with a mother who is increasing scared of leaving the house, so when a new family with five boisterous children (and a dog) moves in next door she is convinced that they must be the happiest family in the whole world; they cheerfully include Violet in their games but, as school starts, she becomes aware that even happy families have their problems, and that twelve-year-old Reggie (the quiet one) may need Violet's friendship just as much as she needs his.
Subjects:
Only child -- Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Only child -- Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 9 to 12.
ISBN:
9780823450862