Nissa's Place (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

It's been two years since Mama left, and Nissa still misses her every single day. Papa has remarried, and though Nissa tries to get along with Lara, her new stepmother, they just don't feel like a family to her.

So when Mama shows up again suddenly, asking Nissa to come and stay with her in Chicago for a while, Nissa knows she should be overjoyed. Instead she feels confused. She's never really been away from the small town of Harper, Louisiana before, and life in Chicago turns out to be messy, exciting, and scary all at once.

Where does Nissa belong?