A Place to Belong
Mass Market
Random House Children's Books · Paperback · May 21, 1996
Danny and his younger sister, Peg, are placed in St.
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- Who it’s for
- A family story where the hope of belonging meets sudden grief and an ingenious plan.
- Themes
- Family and belonging, Grief and loss
- Genres
- YA Adoption Stories, 19th-Century US YA, YA Orphan & Foster Stories
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Danny and his younger sister, Peg, are placed in St. Joseph, Missouri, with kind Alfrid and Olga Swenson. Danny is thrilled to have a "real" father again, but when Olga suddenly dies, he is devastated—until he thinks of an ingenious plan to find Alfrid a new wife.
Finding Belonging
A family story where the hope of belonging meets sudden grief and an ingenious plan.
Come here for
- Danny’s hope of having a “real” father again
- A sibling-centered story with a resourceful turn
Expect
- Tenderness alongside the hurt of sudden loss
- Danny’s ingenious attempt to change his family’s fortunes
Where it sits
| YA Adoption Stories | 67% |
|---|---|
| YA Orphan & Foster Stories | 45% |
| 19th-Century US YA | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Survival Stories
- YA Orphan & Foster Stories
- 19th-Century US YA
- Authors
- Joan Lowery Nixon
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- May 21, 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Family and belonging · Grief and loss
- Reading lane
- YA Survival Stories