Out of Order by Betty Hicks
2007-08 WAW Award Nominee (Grades 6-8)
September 10, 2007
This Brady-Bunch kind of novel brings together two single-parent family who face obstacles and adjustments in order to form some semblance of a family unit. A service project to buy soccer balls for children in Iraq becomes the catalyst that results in sibling tension,but there is also reference to a RPS (rock-paper-scissors) tournament and a science project that brings the family together -- or at least talking to one another.
Characters: The Stone family from Chicago: Frank (dad), Eric, (16) V (13), Ben, Snowman. The Evans family from North Carolina: Mary Beth (mom), Lily (12), and Parker (9), Bubbles
Setting: Charlotte, North Carolina
