Home and Other Big Fat Lies

The new novel from Jill Wolfson―an exciting fresh voice in middle-grade fiction. Whitney has been in so many foster homes that she can give a complete rundown on the most common varieties of foster parents―from the look-on-the-bright-side types to those unfortunate examples of pure evil. But one thing she doesnt know much about is trees. This means heading for Foster Home #12 (which is all the way at the top of the map of California where there looks to be nothing but trees) has Whitney feeling a little nervous. She is pretty sure that the middle of nowhere is going to be just one more place where a hyper loud-mouthed kid who is messy and small for her age wont be welcome for long.. Jill Wolfson has woven together the stories of an irrepressible foster child and a deeply divided small town with incredible humor and compassion.