Here Today

By Ann M. Martin

Subjects: Identity, fiction, Neighborhoods, Historical fiction, History, Neighborhood, Family life, Juvenile fiction, Mothers, fiction, Mothers, Fiction, Families, School stories, Identity (Psychology), New york (state), history, fiction, Children's fiction, Neighbors, fiction, Prejudices, fiction, Family, fiction, New york (state), fiction, Schools, fiction, Individuality, Prejudices, Identity, Family life, fiction, Schools

Description: In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.