How to Build a House

Harper's dad is divorcing her beloved stepmother, Jane. Even worse, Harper has lost her stepsister, Tess. The divorce divides them, just when her best friend Gabriel betrays her. Harper decides to get away for the summer and joins a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennesee who lost their home in a tornado. (Not that she knows a thing about building a house.) Soon she's living in a funky motel and laboring long days in blazing heat with a quirky, terrific group of kids. Working alongside Teddy, the son of the family for whom they are building the house, Harper and Teddy's partnership turns into a summer romance. Learning to trust and love Teddy isn't easy for Harper, but it's the first step toward finding her way back home.

Author: Dana Reinhardt
Publisher: Ember
Published: 09/08/2009
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.04w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780375844546

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 122855 / How to Build a House

About the Author

DANA REINHARDT is the author of A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Harmless, How to Build a House, and The Things a Brother Knows. She lives with her husband and two daughters.