Bibliograph

Next door to happy, Allison Weiser Strout

Type

Label

Next door to happy, Allison Weiser Strout

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 9 to 12, Holiday House

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4-6, Holiday House

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Next door to happy

Responsibility statement

Allison Weiser Strout

Summary

Twelve-year-old Violet Crane is the only child in a broken home, with a mother who is increasingly scared of leaving the house, so when a new family with five boisterous children (and a dog) moves in next door she is convinced that they must be the happiest family in the whole world; they cheerfully include Violet in their games but, as school starts, she becomes aware that even happy families have their problems, and that twelve-year-old Reggie (the quiet one) may need Violet's friendship just as much as she needs his

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification