Letters In The Attic

Letters In The Attic by Shimko SHIMKO, Bonnie. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780897335119.

Lizzy McMann, A feisty twelve-year-old, lives with her immature mother and Manny, her father (she thinks) in a fleabag Phoenix hotel. One night, Mannys sudden announcement that he wants a divorce forces mother and daughter to move to upstate New York to live with Lizzys grandmother and grandfather—a mixed blessing. At school, Lizzy befriends, then falls in love with, Eva Singer, who is dyslexic, looks like Natalie Wood and lives right down the street. Like all girls her age, Lizzy has to deal with her first period, her first bra and her first boyfriend. But what scares her most is her love for Eva. She is also concerned with getting a new husband for Mama—especially after reading Mamas letters that she has found in the attic. Then Eva gets a boyfriend and Mamas life enters what seems to be a new crisis. . . . How Lizzy comes to grips with lifes strange twists and turns makes fascinating reading for adults and young readers alike.