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Summary
From the author of Finding Perfect comes a funny, heartwarming story about the importance of family and the secrets we keep from those we love.
Sometimes you need to keep a few secrets.
Frankie knows she'll be in big trouble if Dad discovers she secretly posted a dating profile for him online. But she's determined to find him a wife, even if she ends up grounded for life. Frankie wants what she had before Mom died. A family of three. Two is a pair of socks or the wheels on a bicycle or a busy weekend at the B&B where Frankie and Dad live. Three is a family. And Frankie's is missing a piece.
But Operation Mom is harder to pull off than Frankie expects. None of the Possibles are very momish, the B&B's guests keep canceling, Frankie's getting the silent treatment from her once best friend, and there's a maybe-ghost hanging around. Worst of all, Gram and Dad are definitely hiding secrets of their own.
If a smart cookie like Frankie wants to save the B&B and find her missing piece, she's going to have to figure out what secrets are worth keeping and when it's time to let go.
Author Notes
Elly Swartz is the author of Finding Perfect . She loves hiking, Twizzlers, writing for kids, and anything with her family. Shortly after writing a few chapters of her first book, she found inspiration in the most unexpected place. She opened her Bazooka Joe bubble gum fortune and it read, "You have the ability to become outstanding in literature." That fortune remains tacked to the bulletin board next to her desk. Elly is a graduate of Boston University and the Georgetown University Law Center. She lives in the Boston area, is happily married, and has two grown sons and a beagle named Lucy. You can find out more about her at ellyswartz.com.
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
The Greene Family Bed-and-Breakfast gets lots of visitors, but Frankie never forgets that she's missing something: a mother. She sets up a profile for her widower dad on Connection.com, but soon she's distracted with bigger problems, such as friendship dramas and dwindling revenue at the B&B. Even when Frankie doesn't display the best judgment, readers will appreciate her optimism, authentic emotions, and pure heart. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Eleven-year-old Frankie Greene's life is filled with complications. She lives with her dad and maternal grandmother in a quirky bed-and-breakfast acquired after her mother's death, where she cheerfully carries out her share of responsibilities, including baking the guests' welcome cookies. The white, nonobservant, Jewish family (indicated by references to Jewish traditions) keeps Mom in their lives in many ways, and Frankie converses with her via her journal entries. But there are secrets to be uncovered. Gram's hoarding is encroaching on public space, her backyard storage shed sets best friend Elliot's ghost-hunter meter soaring, and someone is spreading rumors of ghosts at the BB around town, causing cancellations at the inn. Frankie must work on a school assignment with her former best friend, Jessica, who abruptly ended their friendship back in fourth grade. Frankie has also established an online profile in her father's name so she can select someone who might meet her strict criteria for a new mother. Frankie is honest and ever hopeful as she narrates her own fast-paced tale of confusions, worries, and headlong lapses of judgment. She is fully accepting of her charmingly eccentric family and friends. All the pieces come together in the end with many surprises. Ghost rumors are dispatched, friendships restored, and problems acknowledged and addressed. Their Vermont community seems to be a mostly white one.Readers will laugh and commiserate and root for Frankie all the way. (resources, acknowledgements) (Fiction. 9-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.