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Something Like Home di Andrea Beatriz Arango
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Something Like Home (edizione 2023)

di Andrea Beatriz Arango (Autore)

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Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. HTML: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.
â??Trust me: this book will touch your heart." â??Barbara Oâ??Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish

Titi Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack,
but itâ??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 services
when they wonâ??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? Itâ??s tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her auntâ??s house is okay, it just isnâ??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 sheâ??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 youâ??re technically a foster kid, even though you live with your aunt? And most importantly . . . how do you explain that youâ??re not where you
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Titolo:Something Like Home
Autori:Andrea Beatriz Arango (Autore)
Info:Random House Books for Young Readers (2023), 256 pages
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Independent Reading Level: Ages 10-14
Awards & Honors: Newberry Award Winner
  Virginia_Lynn1999 | Apr 29, 2024 |
Laura Rodriguez Colon
Titi
Janet - DCFS type person
Benson - neighbor who shows up
Mom - Puerto Rican
In verse
  pigeonlover | Apr 17, 2024 |
I loved this book! Well written and amazingly paced. ( )
  aiudim2 | Apr 16, 2024 |
Representation: Latino/a characters
Trigger warnings: Bullying, kidnapping and imprisonment mentioned, substance addiction, parental abandonment, adoption
Score: Seven out of ten.
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I haven't heard of Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango, a verse novel targeted at a younger audience, until a few days ago, when I found an eBook edition in a library when it was difficult to get it physically because no library had this one in that form. After glancing at the intriguing blurb, I read and enjoyed it.

It starts with Laura having to move to her aunt's house in a faraway location in the opening pages after her parents had issues that had been going on for who knows how long, but it's not a good sign. Laura struggles to adjust to living with her aunt and going to a school as the new kid, but at least she makes some friends there. Laura thinks the situation looks bleak for her until she comes across a dog, whom she hopes to train to become a therapy dog to improve her life. I'm not sure where to begin with Something Like Home, but I'll start with the positives, I liked the positive moments, especially the ones where Laura is with her dog and tries to start a relationship with her aunt (she has to anyway.) The characters are likable but I couldn't relate to them since I don't live the same experience as Laura, yet others could relate. I appreciated the narrative trying to bring hope to Laura's parents when they tried therapy to get over their drug addiction, but unfortunately that doesn't pan out well. The plot is simple--most likely targeted for a younger audience, however, I can't get over the writing style as Arango used few poetry devices and instead made her work look like spaced out prose. Incorporating more devices could've made Something Like Home more engaging, and for a book under 300 pages, it's slow paced sometimes with filler pages that needed removal. The conclusion is bittersweet as Laura had to live with her aunt forever despite her best efforts to reside with her parents again. ( )
  Law_Books600 | Apr 7, 2024 |
Reminiscent of Joan Bauer and Sharon Creech, this snappy paced contemporary read is a good addition to the collection for offering a peek into the world of a loving family with a major problem. I could have done without the mom-left-Puerto Rico-for-a-woman bit of the story, it felt like a late insertion to be on-trend rather than a genuine aspect of the story. That the puppy just HAPPENED to be a pit bull and Benson just HAPPENED to have a terrible disease also kind of read as add-ons, but are hallmarks of the necessary lack of subtlety for children’s lit. I think she could have expanded this into a sequel, Laura is a character we could happily get to know even better. ( )
  quirkylibrarian | Mar 21, 2024 |
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Time and Space: The drive to Titi's house takes exactly eighteen minutes.
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I will be patient like the blue heron,

who stands quietly in the water

until a fish splashes nearby,

and even if my parents have been taking

a little longer than I expected

(to write me a letter /

(page 76)
to get well)

I will still be there--

a short, frizzy-haired

eyeglasses-wearing heron
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waiting to welcome them back in.
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Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. HTML: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.
â??Trust me: this book will touch your heart." â??Barbara Oâ??Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish

Titi Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack,
but itâ??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 services
when they wonâ??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? Itâ??s tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her auntâ??s house is okay, it just isnâ??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 sheâ??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 youâ??re technically a foster kid, even though you live with your aunt? And most importantly . . . how do you explain that youâ??re not where you

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