Stealing Our Way Home

This poignant chapter book explores the profound impact of a mother's death on siblings Pippa and Jack. Pippa retreats into silence, struggling with a school presentation, while Jack lashes out, grappling with new feelings for a mysterious girl. As their father's business falters, the children uncover his desperate plan to save their family, raising moral questions and the fear of losing another parent, this time to jail. It's a story of grief, resilience, and the complex bonds of family, perfect for opening conversations about loss and difficult choices.

Everything changed after Pippa and Jack's mother died last spring. Pippa stopped speaking, Jack started picking fights, and their father's struggling business began to fail. Now, with school starting again, Pippa doesn't know how she'll manage a class presentation on Spartan warriors when she can't even find the words to tell her father that she wishes he were home more. And Jack is struggling to understand his feelings for the mysterious girl next door.