Article Title
Keywords
Excellent, Intermediate, Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Homeless, School, Family, Siblings
Document Type
Book Review
Abstract
When Ari’s older brother, Gabe, doesn’t want to live with their guardian anymore, Ari chooses to leave with him and they become homeless. Gabe can’t find a steady enough job to get an apartment, so Ari and Gabe switch between staying with Gabe’s girlfriend and two roommates, Gabe’s friend in a tiny apartment, and sometimes a juvenile homeless shelter. All of this change makes it hard for Ari to keep up with school and her friends, particularly when she is trying to apply to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. The only constants in her life are Gabe and her paper things, the people from catalogs she cuts out to be her paper families. When things are getting too hard in her turbulent life, Ari manages to make new friendships and realize that she wasn’t alone through any of what she has been through, enabling her to get out of her homeless situation.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Stephens, Aylea
(2016)
"Paper Things,"
Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 37:
Iss.
9, Article 22.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol37/iss9/22