The Year My Parents Ruined My Life Author:Martha Freeman BELLETOONA, PENNSYLVANIA? Are Kate Sommer's parents joking? Who in their right mind would move from sunny, happening Isla Nada, California to dreary Belletoona? — Kate thinks her parents have flipped. No way is she leaving her friends, her way-cool surfer boyfriend, and early morning shell collecting on the beach. Belletoona is just as bad as... more » Kate expects. Not only does it snow all the time, but the principal and half her class already hate her. Plus her goody-two-shoes younger sister makes it all worse by acting perfect all the time. For Kate it's sunny California or bust -- and it will take more than a blizzard to stop her.
Martha Freeman has written a humorous and touching novel about adjusting to a new town, sibling rivalry, and the qualities that make a house a real home.« less