num_pages: 304
description: If home is where the heart is what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the story of a family caught in financial crisis and a girl struggling to form her own identity.It's the first day of summer and Rachel's thirteenth birthday. She can't wait to head to the lake with her best friend Micah. But as summer unfolds every day seems to get more complicated. Her fun new job taking care of the neighbors' farm animals quickly becomes a challenge whether she's being pecked by chickens or having to dodge a charging pig at feeding time. At home her parents are more worried about money than usual and their arguments over bills intensify. Fortunately Rachel can count on Micah to help her cope with all the stress. But Micah seems to want their relationship to go beyond friendship and though Rachel almost wishes for that too she can't force herself to feel that way about him. In fact she isn't sure she can feel that way about any boy -- or what that means. With all the heart of her award-winning novel See You At Harry's Jo Knowles brings us the story of a girl who must discover where her heart is and what that means for her future.
language: English
title: Where the Heart Is
publisher: Candlewick Press