Stealing Our Way Home - Hardcover

Galante, Cecilia

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1338042963 ISBN 13: 9781338042962

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2017

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Saying goodbye is never easy.
Everything changed after Pippa and Jack's mother died last spring. Pippa stopped speaking, Jack started picking fights, and their father's struggling business began to fail. Now, with school starting again, Pippa doesn't know how she'll manage a class presentation on Spartan warriors when she can't even find the words to tell her father that she wishes he were home more. And Jack is struggling to understand his feelings for the mysterious girl next door.
But when Jack and Pippa realize that their dad is getting so desperate for cash to keep the family afloat that he might be going to extreme -- and illegal -- lengths to make ends meet, they are faced with the biggest decision of their lives. How far are they willing to go to keep their family together?
Stealing Our Way Home is a poignant, deeply affecting novel about falling apart, finding your voice, and the power of letting go.

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About the Author:

Cecilia Galante is the author of books for children, teens, and adults. Her books have received numerous awards, including a NAIBA Best Book of the Year and an Oprah's Teen Read Selection for her first novel, The Patron Saint of Butterflies. In addition to teaching eighth grade English, Cecilia also teaches fiction writing at Wilkes University's Graduate Creative Writing program. She lives in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 5–8—Pippa's words have been stuck deep inside her since her mother's death four months ago; she hasn't spoken since. With fall arriving, her mother's isn't the only absence felt; Mr. Thurber, the wild heron they rescued, hasn't been seen lately, causing Pippa to wonder about his return and severing yet another tie to her mom. Her father is consumed by his job, leaving her in the care of her older brother, Jack. Though their father has the best of intentions, his absentmindedness with the family finances leads to mounting debt and poor choices. After squandering the family's savings and losing his livelihood and quite possibly the house, their father comes up with a fairly simple solution—wear Jack's old superhero masks into the bank to rob it. While family is indeed everything, is it worth doing something so morally wrong? It is only through her friendship with caring individuals and her realization of the gravity of her father's choices and their consequences that Pippa is able to find her words again. Told in alternating chapters between siblings, this is a poignant tale of grief, healing, friendship, and personal endurance. While portraying quite possibly one of the most irresponsible and misguided fathers in children's fiction, Galante crafts a story void of any dialogue from one of her protagonists until well into book's end, an impressive feat. VERDICT A viable choice for collections needing new realistic fiction or sibling stories.—Rebecca Gueorguiev, New York Public Library

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