num_pages: 288
description: Fourteen-year-old Harley Columba is convinced she's adopted. She's nothing like her abusive, alcoholic father or her bitter, romance novel-reading mother. They have brown eyes, but Harley's eyes are blue . They argue and drink and thrive in dreary suburbia while Harley paints, writes poetry, and longs for a different family and a better life. But then she finds a new, startling piece of a harlequin doll that's been hidden away for years, with a note around its "Papa loves you forever and a day." Now Harley has genuine hope--hope that she can escape the chaos of the Columba household. Hope that she can find her real father.Tough, funny, and refreshingly honest, Harley, Like a Person is a compelling story of family, the power of creativity, and the enduring strength of self.
language: English
title: Harley, Like a Person
titlecomplete: Harley, Like a Person
genres: Fiction, Teen, Young Adult
ratings_count: 387
series: Harley Columba
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers