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edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
category: Young Adult Fiction
published: Jan 2017
ISBN:9781459736504
publisher: Dundurn Press

If This Is Home

by Kristine Scarrow

tagged: parents, homelessness & poverty, death & dying
Description

When her mom is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Jayce searches for her estranged father, hoping he can fix everything.

Jayce Loewen has had to take on a lot of responsibility over the years. Her single mom works two jobs and long hours, leaving Jayce in charge of her four-year-old sister most of the time. When her mom is diagnosed with cancer, Jayce decides to track down her long-absent father in the hope that he will be able to make everything okay again.

Looking for her dad was one thing, but when she actually finds him, Jayce is in for a real shock. When everything in her life seems to be going wrong, Jayce has to figure out who her family really is, and how to live with the possibility of losing the person she loves most.

About the Author

Kristine Scarrow is the author of young adult novels The 11th Hour,If This Is Home, and Throwaway Girl. She is currently the writer-in-residence at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon, where she teaches writing as a healing art in the community. Kristine lives in Saskatoon.

Contributor Notes

Kristine Scarrow has worked with the Saskatchewan Foster Families Association and now teaches writing and journaling as a healing art. She is the author of Throwaway Girl, which the Winnipeg Free Press called a “darkly realistic” story of the failings of the foster child system. Kristine lives in Saskatoon.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
12 to 15
Grade:
7 to 10
Reading age:
12 to 15
Awards
  • Short-listed, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards — Snow Willow Award
Editorial Reviews

A great read that tackles head-on the difficult and sensitive topics of cancer, family, teenage pregnancy, poverty, adolescence, friendship, and forgiveness.

— Canadian Materials

A beautiful and realistic novel.

— VOYA

If This is Home carries with it a visceral hurt that gives the story a feeling of urgency…it will appeal to younger teens who like their stories with a bit of hardship to dig their teeth into.

— Quill and Quire

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