Waiting for normal
By: Leslie Connor
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780545236621
Subjects: Families; Mothers; Stepfathers; Juvenile fiction; Family problems; Fiction; Friendship; Self-reliance
Description: Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
Notes: "First Scholastic printing, March 2010"--Title page verso.

Originally published: New York : Katherine Tegan Books, 2008.

Grades 5 up.
Table of contents: title: Tin box on a tar patch; title: Small stuff; title: Welcome pie; title: According to Webster's; title: The over-underpass; title: A renovation; title: Tryouts and friendships; title: Gates and bridges; title: TV and toast dinners; title: A gift of cream and honey; title: A bunch of numbskulls; title: A violent storm; title: Evening interview; title: Waiting for Mommers; title: Late-night mail; title: Another dish of fish-and-chips; title: A different sort of Halloween; title: A phone call from the mansion; title: The new blue car; title: All or nothing; title: Dwight explaining Hannah; title: All about twos and fours; title: Bedtime at the inn; title: Breakfasts and boxes; title: A ton of turkey soup; title: From good to bad; title: Willing to bloom; title: Twists and turns; title: The counting-on part; title: A frozen good-bye; title: An unexpected meeting; title: A few gifts before Christmas; title: Waiting for normal; title: Jingle all the way; title: Another thing to borrow; title: Loads of snow; title: A visit from Grandio; title: Valentine hearts; title: The goosh in my gut; title: Fiesta night; title: Making changes; title: My fault; title: A hero in the fog; title: After the fire; title: Something familiar; title: The going-away note; title: Defining normal; title: Full of surprises; title: All to home.