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The Year My Parents Ruined My Life

Kate Sommers is stunned when her parents announce that their family is moving from sunny California to Belletoona, Pennsylvania. Kate can't bear leaving her friends, her cool surfer boyfriend, and the beach. But maybe, just maybe, Belletoona won't be so bad.

Forget it. All it ever does is snow in Belletoona — and Kate's already in trouble with the principal and half her class. What's worse is her younger sister, who acts like Miss Perfect. Kate's had it. Nothing will stop her from going back to California where she belongs.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
childhood
Setting
1990spennsylvania
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 184 pages

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