I'm From Nowhere
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A teenage girl shipped off to prep school tries to solve the mystery of her own identity—and her mother’s past—in this “gem of a book” (Kim Culbertson).
It’s always been just Wren and her mother, Hannah, living together in Southern California. But when Hannah receives a reporting assignment in Greenland, Wren is sent away to Hardwick Hall, her mother’s alma mater—even though her mother has refused to discuss her time at the exclusive Connecticut boarding school for as long as Wren can remember.
Wren, a budding guitarist and singer, is unsuccessful at befriending her stuck-up suitemate, Honor. But she finds an escape in riding horses and in hanging out with cute rowers, like the adorably crinkly-eyed Nick. She also finds a niche in the campus’s underground music scene with Chazzy, a fellow musician with a hilarious sense of humor. But soon, clues about her mother’s dark past threaten to destroy Wren’s new life . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When her journalist mother is sent overseas on assignment, 10th-grader Wren Verlaine is uprooted from her California home and shipped off to a prestigious boarding school her mother's alma mater in Connecticut. Amid the culture shock at Hardwick Hall, Wren attempts to grapple with her anger at her mother's abandonment, unravel the secret of her paternity, and figure out how to fit in with a mean-girl roommate who tries to ostracize her. Wren's fish-out-of-water story is a familiar one, but while obvious clues leading to the discovery of Wren's father's identity are deployed early on, Myers (Stone Cove Island) draws out the revelation without any kind of twist that might make it worth the wait. When all is eventually unveiled, due in part to Wren's mother's serious injury in the line of duty, the blanket acceptance between father and daughter is a little too storybook-perfect to be fully realistic. Even so, Wren's efforts to find her voice as a singer/songwriter, make friends, and explore new hobbies at Hardwick Hall make for enjoyable reading. Ages 14 up.
