Red Cedar Award nominee, 1997 Life in her new neighborhood isn’t going to be easy for Croatian immigrant Lucy Vakovik. Her mother has saved enough to buy them an onlyhouse: a single detached home. But to Lucy’s friends, her mother says, “My sometime English is broking.” What’s a kid to do? Lucy’s got a fight ahead of her and important choices to make. But she knows she’s not a stereotype like some people think – she’s Lucy and that’s a good place to start.
- ISBN: 9780889951372
- Author: Toten, Teresa
- Published: 2003, Red Deer Press
- Themes: Emmigrants and immigrants, New experiences, new school, Self confidence
- Descriptors: Canada, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 112