Something Like Home - Andrea Beatriz Arango

The Pura Belpré Honor winning novel in verse, in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only for them to find family in each other along the way. From the Newbery Honor winning author of Iveliz Explains It All. \nTrust me: this book will touch your heart. --Barbara O'Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish \n \nTiti Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack, \nbut it's not like I brought a bunch of stuff. \nHow do you prepare for the unpreparable? \nHow do you fit your whole life in one bag? \nAnd how am I supposed to trust social services \nwhen they won't trust me back? \n \nLaura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space. \n \nSo when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog will help them get better and things will finally go back to the way they should be. \n \nAfter all, how do you explain to others that you're technically a foster kid, even though you live with your aunt? And most importantly . . . how do you explain that you're not where you belong, and you just want to go home?\n