308 pages
English language
Published Oct. 16, 2004 by Scholastic Press.
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In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
Subjects
- Identity -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Fiction
- Family life -- New York (State) -- Fiction
- Prejudices -- Fiction
- Neighborhood -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction