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When a family tragedy occurs, ten-year-old Alyssa "Blister" Reed changes schools, moves to an apartment with her depressed mother while her father gets his own place, and tries to believe her grandmother, who tells her she is "elastic" and can handle it all.
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5 editions- Hardcover · English · 2003Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 153 pages · 9780606281874
- Paperback · English · 2002Scholastic · 160 pages · 9780439979528
- Other · English · 2003Rebound by Sagebrush · 9780613454650
- Other · English · 2003Scholastic Paperbacks · 176 pages · 9780439193146
- Other · English · 2001Arthur A. Levine Books · 153 pages · 9780439193139
CheerleadingFamily problemsFictionHousehold MovingSchoolsJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionFamily life, fiction