num_pages: 224
description: Fourteen-year-old Claire and her mother, Jane, are on their way across the country to visit Claire's grandmother. As they approach the family farm, Claire watches her mother become more and more anxious. Until now, she thought they had an open relationship with a healthy respect for each other's privacy. This trip unlocks the key to the many questions Claire has about their past -- including the identity of her father and the reason her mother never went back home until now. Gayle Friesen's novel Janey's Girl is a coming-of-age story with a Claire's mother is the one who reaches maturity.
language: English
title: Janey's Girl
titlecomplete: Janey's Girl
genres: Childrens, Contemporary, Teen, Novels, Canada, Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Juvenile, Fiction
ratings_count: 385
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: OLA Forest of Reading Red Maple Award
publisher: Kids Can Press