Just Family

From the Dust Jacket

Beryl Nelson was ten that 1960s summer, and what could be better than July when the carnival came to her Harlem street? She would have to go with her older sister, Randy, but mostly she and Randy got along. They were planning a surprise dinner party for their parents’ wedding anniversary. Everything was fine in Beryl’s life until . . .

It was her toast at the dinner that sent Beryl’s world into a spin. She asked how long they had been married, and when the reply was “Twelve wonderful years,” she knew that something was wrong. How could Randy be thirteen?

Discovering that Randy has a different biological father brings confusion, anger, and a sense of betrayal. Why hadn’t she been told before? But after the trip Down South for a family reunion, Beryl comes to understand that the Nelsons are one family. The past and the future would never change that.

»»  A Junior Library Guild Selection

Age 10- up | 151 pages
Hardcover | Cobblehill | 1996 | ISBN: 0525651926 | MSRP: US$14.99