Jennifer Richard Jacobson

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Publisher Marketing: When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose her big brother. There's just one problem Gage doesn't actually have a place to live. When Ari's mother died four years ago, she had two final wishes: that Ari and her older brother, Gage, would stay together always, and that Ari would go to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. So when eigheeen-year-old Gage decided he could no longer live with their bossy guardian, Janna, Ari knew she had to go with him even though she'd miss baking cookies with Janna and curling up to watch HGTV. What Ari didn't realize was that Gage didn't have an apartment yet. And now, two months later, he still doesn't. He and Ari have been "couch surfing," staying with Gage's friend in his tiny apartment, crashing with Gage's girlfriend and two roommates, and if necessary, sneaking into a juvenile shelter to escape the cold Maine nights. But all of this jumping around makes it hard for Ari to keep up with her schoolwork, never mind her friendships, and getting into Carter starts to seem impossible. Will Ari be forced to break one of her promises to Mama?Told in an open, authentic voice, this nuanced story of hiding in plain sight may have listeners thinking about homelessness in a whole new way." Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780763663230, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780763663230, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/22/2014 (EAN 9780763663230, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 95 (EAN 9780763663230, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 82 (EAN 9780763663230, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Jennifer Richard Jacobson is the author of several books for children and young readers. She lives in Cumberland, Maine.