No Place for Me

by Barthe DeClements

Book Overview

Copper Jones is shuttled back and forth between her relatives while her mother is drying out in a rehabilitation center; but when she is sent to live with her Aunt Maggie, who is a witch, she learns that even seventh graders have some power.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590418122
• ISBN13: 9780590418126
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

"Nobody wants Copper"

Taking place in Washington State, "No Place For Me" gives a realistic, first-person account of 12-year-old Copper Jones, the protagonist who is deserted by her stepfather while her mother is in an alcohol treatment center. He sends Copper to unwilling, mean relatives who in turn pass her on to other reluctant relatives. Eventually, Copper ends up with her odd Aunt Maggie Jones who practices witchcraft and teaches Copper how to be honest and take control of her life by first confronting her own nightmares.This was a very enjoyable and fast-paced book. The ending was a little elusive, hanging with the question of what Copper would do in a certain situation, but overall it was terrific. Highly recommended to preteen girls who can relate to Copper's situation of being alone and unwanted by family, yet finding strength from them as well.

Not Like Most

A poignant, realistic portrayal of a young girl's struggle to find herself and to seperate her own identity from that of her alcoholic mother through her relationship with a very unusual and caring aunt.