A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget

You know, the type where the young protagonist is faced with hard choices in life and how they overcome the obstacles in their path, all the while trying to grow up and be someone in their own way. My review: A superb and wonderfully written book!! I just love books like these. But what if things can never go back to the way they were? So while she and Lizzie navigate a rocky friendship and plot to save Gunner, Poppy also tries to figure out a new plan to rescue Grandma Beth and get home, all while avoiding a dangerous criminal who might be looking for her. It’s slightly unusual for Poppy at first but she settles in and makes friends with a misfit girl named Lizzie and Gunner, a beautiful German Shepherd with an uncertain future. To keep Poppy safe, the budget-strapped police devise an unusual ‘witness protection program,’ where Poppy will stay with Detective Brannigan’s mom. She witnesses a horrible crime, and suddenly normal slips even further out of her reach. But as Poppy works on a plan to spring Grandma Beth out of the hospital something unexpected happens. What this book is about: Poppy Parker’s life has been turned upside down after her grandma (and guardian) ends up in the hospital. Just when Poppy is starting to feel better about things, Grandma Beth takes a turn for the worse, and the police may have tracked down their criminal, which would mean Poppy has to go back to the center.An interesting read Title: A million ways home Author: Dianna Dorisi-Winget Genre: Fiction – contemporary Publication details: Scholastic Press NY, 2014 ISBN: 9780543667067 (Hardcover) At first Poppy feels even further away from her goal of getting Grandma Beth home, but being at Marti's is a million times better than being at the center. In order to keep the perpetrator from finding Poppy, the police decide she should stay with Detective Brannigan's mom, Marti.

But when Poppy goes to visit Grandma Beth in the nursing home, she unwittingly becomes a witness at the scene of a crime. Grandma Beth had a stroke, and Poppy knows she'll be able to take care of her, once she learns how. Poppy Parker knows the only way life will go back to being the way it's always been is if the people at Grandma Beth's nursing home and the center where Poppy is staying temporarily understand that Poppy can take care of things just fine back at home. A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi WInget (J FIC WINGET)

A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget