by Gayle Forman
First published 2021
It's 1972 in Los Angeles. Eleven-year-old Frankie is lonely, struggling to fit in after moving from New York. When she meets Bug, a young girl living with her grandmother, the two form an unlikely friendship. As they navigate the complexities of family, identity, and the city around them, Frankie and Bug must decide what - and who - feels most like home.
Genres: fiction, family, 20th-century, coming-of-age, contemporary, adolescence, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
288 pages · Paperback · Aladdin