num_pages: 303
description: For fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland this middle grade memoir in verse with stellar writing [and] perfect pacing ( Kirkus Reviews  starred review) chronicles a young girl and her family who must start over after losing their home.In the early 2000s thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly.They make their way to an Extended Stay America Motel with Katies mother promising its temporary. Within the four walls of their new home Katie and her siblings Josh and Haley try to live a normal lifeall while wondering if things would be easier living with their father. Lyrical and forthcoming Katie navigates the complexities that come with living in between homes parents and childhood and young adulthood all while remaining hopeful for the future.
language: English
title: The In-Between: A Memoir in Verse
publisher: Aladdin