Tackling divorce and suicide with a warmth and sensitive humor that refuses to be weighed down, Someone Else's Shoes chronicles a road trip that unites...

Tackling divorce and suicide with a warmth and sensitive humor that refuses to be weighed down, Someone Else's Shoes chronicles a road trip that unites three young people in search of family and acceptance. Fans of Sharon Draper, Jo Knowles and Counting by Sevens will be moved by this tale of what brings us together when things fall apart.

Twelve-year-old Izzy, a budding stand-up comic, is already miserable about her father's new marriage and the new baby on the way. Then ten-year-old cousin Oliver and his father, Uncle Henderson, move in with Izzy and her mom because Oliver's mother committed suicide only a few months ago. And to make matters worse, Ben, the rebellious 16-year-old son of Izzy's mother's boyfriend, winds up staying with them, too.

But when Uncle Henderson--who has been struggling with depression after his wife's suicide--disappears, Ben, Izzy, and Oliver set aside their differences and hatch a plan to find him. As the threesome travels in search of Henderson, they find a surrogate family in each other.

Author: Ellen Wittlinger
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 09/11/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781580897495
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
School Library Journal 05/01/2018 pg. 88
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2018
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 126
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 117
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Ellen Wittlinger is the author of fifteen YA and middle-grade novels. Her novel Hard Love won both a Printz Honor Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her books have been on numerous ALA Best Books lists, Bank Street College of Education lists, and state award lists. Wittlinger has taught at Emerson College in Boston and in the Simmons College Writing for Children MFA program. Ellen is also the author of Saturdays with Hitchock and Parrotfish. She currently lives in Haydenville, Massachusetts.


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