Title: Make Me a Home
Author: Tamra Norton
Publisher: Cedar Fort
Release Date: January 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59955-113-5
Size: 5×8; 168 pages
Genre: Middle Grade
Allie Claybrook has spent the better part of her sixth-grade year as the “new kid” at Edna Elementary School—a title she is eager to shed. When Ivy Peterson moves to town, Allie quickly becomes her friend. It doesn’t hurt that Ivy’s older brother, Ty, is the best-looking boy in the seventh grade. But it doesn’t help that Celeste—the most popular girl in Allie’s class—shares Allie’s views about Ty. As Allie deals with her father’s deployment to Iraq and Ivy deals with her parents’ divorce, the girls discover the importance of friendship and a place to call home.
This is a cute book for young readers to help them understand deployment better.