When JFK was My Father

When JFK was My Father tells the poignant story of Georgia Hughes, a young girl grappling with feelings of neglect from her globe-trotting father and busy mother. Sent to a Connecticut boarding school, Georgia uses her vivid imagination to create a support system, befriending an imagined John F. Kennedy and the ghost of the school's former headmistress, Miss Beard. This chapter book gently explores themes of loneliness, self-identity, and the power of imagination as a coping mechanism, making it suitable for children aged 4-11 who might be experiencing similar feelings of displacement or seeking connection.

Feeling neglected by her father in Brazil and her mother in Washington, D.C., Georgia Hughes tries to cope with life at a boarding school in Connecticut by imagining relationships with John Kennedy and Miss Beard, the ghost of the former headmistress of the school.