THE SECRET TO BELONGING
by Megan E. Freeman 

You are invisible in your own family. Your parents spend all their care and attention on your brother, who is addicted to drugs. Your dreams don't matter to anyone but you. Your only ticket out is a college fund left by your grandfather-until your parents use it to pay for your brother's drug rehab. Just when your future seems about to collapse, you're offered a lifeline: a scholarship to become an exchange student in a remote part of Norway. It's an invitation to begin a new life in a new place with new people…a place where you might finally feel like you belong. 

 

Told in spare, powerful verse, Megan E. Freeman's stunning novel is a coming-of-age story of longing, love, and the courage to create joy from the ashes of despair.