No Place for Me

Barthe DeClements. Scholastic, $2.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-590-41812-6

From the author of many humorous books, including Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade , comes the story of Copper, who, after being shunted from one relative's house to another, ends up with her dreaded Aunt Maggiewho turns out not to be the weirdo everyone thinks she is. Ages 12-14. (Nov.)

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