In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
- ISBN10 0439579449
- ISBN13 9780439579445
- Publish Date 1 October 2004 (first published 14 September 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Scholastic
- Imprint Scholastic Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 308
- Language English