Someone Else's Shoes
Charlesbridge · Paperback · October 22, 2019
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Warm humor sits alongside grief and family upheaval in this story of unexpected connection.
- Genres
- Alternative Family Stories, Depression & Mental Health, Growing Up
- Published
- Charlesbridge, October 22, 2019
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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.
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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.
Finding Common Ground
Warm humor sits alongside grief and family upheaval in this story of unexpected connection.
Come here for
- A family story where grief, depression, and a budding comic’s humor share the page
- Three young people making an unlikely family through a difficult search
Expect
- Sensitive treatment of suicide and depression, balanced with warmth and humor
- A layered story of belonging across generations and clashing ages
Where it sits
| Depression & Mental Health | 68% |
|---|---|
| Alternative Family Stories | 57% |
| Growing Up | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Alternative Family Stories
- Friendship
- Depression & Mental Health
- Authors
- Ellen Wittlinger
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
- Published
- October 22, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Alternative Family Stories