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Eleven-year-old Indigo, her mother, and her toddler sister have to move out of their apartment because of troubles with Mum's boyfriend, while Indie is also having best friend problems at school, leaving her stressed, confused, and lonely.
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LibraryThing member AnnMaryVincent
When Indigo's mom announces that they are moving- just her, her sister and her mother she doesn't understand . Indigo's head is filled with a million questions but when they move to a grumpy old flat, with only biscuits to eat her questions seem to increase but Indie starts to realize that her mom
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has a reason for running away one that out stands all reasons.This book really makes you see what you have in life and I feel as if we have a relation to Indigo everything can turn bad all at once then all of a sudden you can feel a power that drags you into Indigo's world. Show Less
LibraryThing member fingerpost
As the story opens, Indigo (our narrator), her mother, and her baby sister are all moving out of the house they live in with Max, her mother's abusive boyfriend. They move to a run down basement flat - all her mother can afford. At school things aren't going well either. Indigo's long-time best
Things are beginning to look up when a nice man in the apartment building starts showing an interest in her mother; her teacher and their landlord turn out to be much nicer than they seemed at first; and Indigo begins to realize what the reader knew all along, that the new girl, Aisha, would be a much better friend than Jo ever had been. But then Max shows up again.
This heartfelt story of a child suffering from her mother's unwillingness to get rid of an abusive boyfriend has a sad ring of truth to it. The only thing that doesn't feel true to life, is the happy ending... important for a middle grade novel, but unfortunately, probably not the way situations like this one normally end.
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friend, Jo, seems more interested in boys and the new girl, Aisha, than in her friendship with Indigo.Things are beginning to look up when a nice man in the apartment building starts showing an interest in her mother; her teacher and their landlord turn out to be much nicer than they seemed at first; and Indigo begins to realize what the reader knew all along, that the new girl, Aisha, would be a much better friend than Jo ever had been. But then Max shows up again.
This heartfelt story of a child suffering from her mother's unwillingness to get rid of an abusive boyfriend has a sad ring of truth to it. The only thing that doesn't feel true to life, is the happy ending... important for a middle grade novel, but unfortunately, probably not the way situations like this one normally end.
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Awards
Grampian Children’s Book Award (Winner — 2005)