Name: The In-Between : a Memoir in Verse
Author: Van Heidrich, Katie
ISBN: [978-1-66592-012-4,1-66592-012-2]

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The In-Between : a Memoir in Verse

Author: Van Heidrich, Katie

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Follett Number: 2595TA4
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Aladdin, 2023
Format: 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-66592-012-4
ISBN-10: 1-66592-012-2
LCCN: 2022-946897
Dewey: 362.5
Classifications: Autobiography; Nonfiction

Subjects:

African Americans Biography

Autobiographies

Families

Homeless Persons

Narrative Poetry

Van Heidrich, Katie

Women Biography

"After being evicted from their home, thirteen-year-old Katie Wingate and her family move into an Extended Stay America Motel where she tries to lead a normal life, all the while wondering if things would be easier living with her father"-- Provided by publisher.

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For fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grade memoir in verse chronicles a young girl and her family who must start over after losing their home. In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their way to an Extended Stay America Motel, with Katie's mother promising it's temporary. Within the four walls of their new home, Katie and her siblings, Josh and Haley, try to live a normal life--all while wondering if things would be easier living with their father. Lyrical and forthcoming, Katie navigates the complexities that come with living in-between: in between homes, parents, and childhood and young adulthood, all while remaining hopeful for the future.

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