I Don't Live Here Anymore

Charlotte's life is changed forever when her parents' marriage breaks up, and Charlotte has to leave her beloved house and her old life behind. Then two very different boys cross her path, and a new emotion creeps into her sadness and anger -- an emotion that is both confusing and sweet. Charlotte falls in love with Carlo, tries to stay friends with tough-guy Sulzer and faces the jealousy of the cool-girl clique at school. As she watches her parents cope, sometimes haplessly, with changes in their own personal lives, and as she deals with a new baby brother, a potential stepfather and unexpected house moves, she realizes that love is a messy business. If grownups can make such a hash of it, how on earth can a 15-year-old cope? Set in a small town on the Austrian Danube, this is a familiar story that touches a chord with every teenager, told with refreshing emotional honesty. Devoid of judgment, sentimentality, and sexual precociousness, this story about first love shows a strong, curious girl stumbling and prevailing as she figures out how to turn away from the noise of other people's expectations, and listen to her own heart.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 10/06/2015
ISBN: 9781554988037
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 09/28/2015
School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 112
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2015 pg. 60
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2015 - Book Of Special Distinction