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The wrong way home

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Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is a lie?

Fern’s lived at the Ranch, an off-the-grid, sustainable community in upstate New York, since she was six. The work is hard, but Fern admires the Ranch's leader, Dr. Ben. So when Fern’s mother sneaks them away in the middle of the night and says Dr. Ben is dangerous, Fern doesn't believe it. She wants desperately to go back, but her mom just keeps driving.

Suddenly Fern is thrust into the treacherous, toxic, outside world. At first she thinks only about how to get home. She has a plan, but it will take time. As that time goes by, though, Fern realizes there are things she will miss from this place—the library, a friend from school, the ocean—and there are things she learned at the Ranch that are just...not true.

Now Fern will have to decide. How much is she willing to give up to return to the Ranch? Should she trust Dr. Ben’s vision for her life? Or listen to the growing feeling that she can live by her own rules?

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 SHU t

Publisher

New York : Yearling Newbery., 2025

Collation

352 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780593650769

Classification

800

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Family
children
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Middle Grade

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Statement of Responsibility

Kate O'Shaughnessy

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Level

Middle School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure -- Program Reference

Reading Level

Proficient

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