Focus On Realistic Fiction: My Life Next Door

Chelsea R. read My Life Next Door and really enjoyed it.  She said she could connect realistic fiction books to her life, she could be the character in the book falling in love! 

Maybe you can too.

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick, H. (2012). My life next door. New York: Dial Books.

ISBN: 978-0803736993

Hardback: $13.28

Annotation

Samantha lives with her mother who craves peace and perfection.  She falls in the love with the boy next door and his large, somewhat chaotic family.

Booktalk

Samantha is used to things being quiet.  It is just her and her mom living at the house and her mom wants everything to be perfect and manageable.  Samantha has watched the family next door from her bedroom window for most of her life.  One day she finally meets the boy next door and her heart is stolen.  She soon learns that being perfect and living a quiet life is not how everyone does it.  She even learns that her mother has a huge secret that affects both of their families and her love for the boy next door.  

Other Info

My Life Next Door is Huntley Fitzpatrick's first novel.  She has a website all about and even information on her new book coming out in 2014.  You can connect with her in a lot of ways.  Check it out!  www.huntleyfitzpatrick.com