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__So B It__ by Sarah Weeks ISBN: 0-439-79334-3 ©2004 245 pages

Good sections to read aloud: p. 5 pp. 244-245

Summary: Heidi lives with her mother, who is mentally challenged. They have a door that stays open to another apartment where Bette lives, an elderly neighbor who takes care of them. Bette discovered Heidi and her mother on her doorstep many years ago and took them. Now that Heidi is 13, she wants answers. Where did her mother come from and what happened to her? Who is her father? Does she have any grandparents? Because of Heidi’s mother’s disability, she is reluctant to take her out much, and Bette isn’t any help there...she has a disorder and never leaves the house because of it. Will Heidi find the answers she is looking for?

YA fiction-- teen issues; mothers and daughters; mental health

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2006