The Cuckoo's Child Author:Suzanne Freeman Mia Veery wants her family to behave like the families she reads about. They would never include a mother who flies airplanes and trades one husband for another. Or older sisters who dress all in black and read French novels. Or a father who moves his family from Ohio to live in Lebanon, where even the tangy air tastes foreign.Every day in Beiru... more »t, Mia wishes she could live the way kids are living in America in 1962, eating hot dogs, drinking real milk, maybe watching Bonanza on TV. Then her wish comes true, but in a way she'd never intended.Mia is sent back to the United States, to Tennessee, to stay with an aunt she's never met. During a summer spent longing for her parents and trying to find her place in her new surroundings, Mia figures out a few truths about families and all that they can and cannot be.Mia Veery is fierce, funny, and finally, indomitable. Her story marks the extraordinary debut of a talented writer.« less
This book is excellent, but the ISBN age recommendation is wrong. I would only give it to 13 and above. I myself enjoyed it immensely and have bought it as a gift for others. Adults will enjoy it.