How to Build a House
Narrator: Caitlin Greer
Imprint: Listening Library
Grades: Grade 9 & Up
Ages: 14 and up
Release Date: June 10, 2008
5 Hours and 24 Minutes
List Price: $42.50
ISBN: 9780739364130
Categories:
Young Adult Fiction - Coming Of Age, Young Adult Fiction - Social Themes - Friendship, Young Adult Fiction - Family - Marriage & Divorce
HARPER’S DAD IS getting a divorce from her beloved stepmother, Jane. Even worse, Harper has lost her stepsister, Tess; the divorce divides them. Harper decides to escape by joining a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennessee who lost their home in a tornado. Not that she knows a thing about construction.
Soon she’s living in a funky motel and working long days in blazing heat with a group of kids from all over the country. At the site, she works alongside Teddy, the son of the family for whom they are building the house. Their partnership turns into a summer romance, complete with power tools. Learning to trust and love Teddy isn’t easy for Harper, but it’s the first step toward finding her way back home.
Soon she’s living in a funky motel and working long days in blazing heat with a group of kids from all over the country. At the site, she works alongside Teddy, the son of the family for whom they are building the house. Their partnership turns into a summer romance, complete with power tools. Learning to trust and love Teddy isn’t easy for Harper, but it’s the first step toward finding her way back home.
