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Thirteen-year-old Sal, traveling with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho in search of her missing mother, entertains them with the story of her friend Phoebe whose mother also left, unwittingly revealing the truth about her own relationship with her mom.
Death--Fiction. Family life--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction. Grandparents--Fiction. Death--Fiction. Family life--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction. Grandparents--Fiction.