Something Like Home

By Andrea Beatriz Arango

A lost dog may be the key to reuniting a girl with her family.

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256 pages· 25,393 words· Est. 3 hour read

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Laura Rodríguez Colón is determined to reunite with her parents, despite living with her aunt. Struggling to fit in as the new kid, she finds hope in a stray puppy. If she can train it as a therapy dog, maybe it will help her family heal and bring her closer to home. But can a dog really mend broken bonds and guide her back to where she belongs? Discover the journey of finding family in unexpected places.

From the publisher

A moving 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 Award-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All. “Trust me: this book will touch your heart.” –Barbara O’Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish Titi Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack, but it’s not like I brought a bunch of stuff.How do you prepare for the unpreparable?How do you fit your whole life in one bag?And how am I supposed to trust social serviceswhen they won’t trust me back? Laura 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. So 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. After 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?

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