About this item
In trying to reunite with her mother, Winston discovers the many meanings of family and finds friendship in an unexpected place in this coming-of-age novel from the author of Waiting, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called "exceptional" and Glimpse, which BOOKLIST called "gripping."Life is just fine for fourteen-year-old Winston. She loves her dog, Thelma, and although she never knew her dad, and her mom left ten years ago in search of Hollywood fame, Winston has family with Nanny, who is in her forties, and that doesn't even make her old. But a "just fine" life gets a lot more exciting when a letter arrives from Skye Harper, aka Judith Fletcher, aka Winston's mother. She needs help, and Nanny says the best way to give it is to take a cross-country road trip - in a "borrowed" motor home - to go find Mama once and for all.
About the Author
Carol Lynch Williams, who grew up in Florida and now lives in Utah, is an award-winning novelist with five daughters of her own. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. She won the prestigious PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship for her novel GLIMPSE and was nominated for the PEN for her book THE TRUE COLORS OF CAITLYNNE JACKSON. THE CHOSEN ONE was named one of the ALA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and Best Books for Young Adult Readers.Her books have been featured on numerous lists of recommended YA fiction. Carol's other novels include MILES FROM ORDINARY, THE HAVEN, WAITING, SIGNED-SKYE HARPER, MESSENGER, ONCE I WAS A BEEHIVE, NEVER SAID, NEVER THAT FAR, PRETTY LIKE US as well as 15 more books for young readers.?The best thing she has ever done, and what she is most proud of, is raising her five daughters.
