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Hi, friends!

I'm searching for a book that I believe I read sometime around 2002/2003.
The MC is a young girl (maybe 10 years old? Possibly younger...Wish I remembered more!) with a younger baby brother and a mentally ill mother. The MC is always looking out for her brother and taking abuse from the mother in attempts to shield the little boy.

At some point the MC goes to the house of one of the mother's ex-boyfriends, she feels somewhat safe there. The mother's ex is sympathetic, and I think he tries to help/protect/support the kids. Legally, he has no power to help.

One scene that stands out in my memory: The mother is driving with the girl in the front seat and the baby boy asleep in the backseat. The mother intentionally drives in the wrong lane, heading for oncoming traffic and refuses to go back into her lane. She demands that the MC first say "I love you." The MC does to protect her brother.

The kids are separated later in the story. The mother takes the baby and leaves the girl (maybe with an aunt? Or the mother's ex). There is an effort to find the mother and baby boy, and I think the two ended up hiding in a boatyard with the mother's sketchy new boyfriend.

I will be so grateful if anyone can help me!
Thank you!

veda_lemmon

I read this book as a teenager so I remember only a few bits and pieces, sorry. So here goes:

There's sort of 2 main characters: a girl who lives with her mom and younger sister whose family owns an old house by a lake. The second main character is a boy who lives right next to the old house by the lake.

The old house by the lake contains a mystery which both the boy and girl are trying to figure out. The girl sneaks out one night to visit the house (i think). She ends up in the neighbor boy's bedroom to hide or something, and the boy has to keep her under his bed to whole night.

I remember something about there being a lake monster and in the end you find out that the lake monster is actually the girl's father or uncle (some relative).

I can't remember the title but I do remember it being a long one, something like 5 to 7 words. And it was one of those "How to...", "A guide to...", or something along the lines of those types of titles.

PLEASE HELP ME!

eliasveturius

Ah I'm getting kind of desperate trying to find this book lol ;-;

Basically, I'm doing a project with someone and their summary of their book was "a mother with two kids who have been raised by their grandparents their whole life has to step in and be a mother for the first time in her life. She also have to find a way to change her kids to a different school so they could experience a better childhood. She has to find a way to understand the identity of her kids so they can trust what she does." They're busy today and they haven't told me what the title of the book is and I need to know it to do my part so please help me! [I posted this on librarything and Reddit as well but got no replies yet]

jpeachey90

I've been searching for a book for years with no results. It is about a teenage boy who hitchhikes to live with his uncle, who works in a mine and is scarred from an accident that killed his brother, the boy's dad. They start their relationship off very rocky but the boy is so kind that he starts to break down his uncle's walls and they form a close relationship. Please help me!

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