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Home and Other Big, Fat Lies.


Home and Other Big, Fat Lies

Jill Wolfson

Henry Holt

175-5th Avenue, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 NY 10010

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Whitney has been in so many foster homes she considers herself an expert on their connected qualities, from happy ones to purely evil foster parents--but she doesn't know anything about trees, and her next foster home is located in them. She's convinced she won't be any more welcome in the middle of nowhere than anywhere urban--or is there a place in the country for a hyper A Greek work meaning "above" or "more than." It is used as a prefix to technical concepts and products to convey a more advanced or more automatic capability. , loudmouthed loud·mouth  
n. Informal
One given to loud, irritating, or indiscreet talk.



loudmouthed
 kid to fit in? A fine story of a spunky spunk·y  
adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal
Spirited; plucky.



spunki·ly adv.
 personality seeking a place to fit in.
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