Publisher: Scholastic Book Service

Copyright Date: 2020

Edition Date: 2020 Release Date: 09/01/20

Pages: 262 pages

ISBN: 1-338-60890-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-338-60890-8

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Human-animal relationships. Fiction.
Alpacas. Fiction.
Family life. Fiction.
Anxiety. Fiction.
Middle schools. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 59,729

Reading Level: 5.3

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 9.0 / quiz: 509486 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: 760L

When anxiety threatens to derail a homeschooled girl's attempt to make new friends, she finds support in an unlikely source . . . a herd of adorable alpacas!

To some kids, Amelia's life sounds like the ultimate fantasy. She and her brothers are homeschooled by their adventurous parents, and the family travels around the country in an RV, scaling mountains, rappelling down canyons, and skiing down double black diamond slopes.There's just one problem -- Amelia didn't inherit the family's daredevil gene. She's terrified of heights and would give anything to be reading instead of careening down a mountain. She's also desperate for the chance to attend a regular school and make real friends. So when her parents decide to temporarily move to Colorado, Amelia's delighted by the chance to settle down.However, starting at a conventional school is much harder than Amelia imagined, and her anxiety makes meeting new friends extra challenging. Everything about her feels wrong, from her clothes to her hobbies to her complete lack of pop culture knowledge.So when Amelia's given the chance to volunteer at an alpaca ranch, she's delighted by the chance to do something she's good at -- take care of animals. And soon, the alpacas and their owners start to feel like real friends.But when a cruel classmate's prank puts the alpacas in mortal peril, Amelia will have to summon strength she never knew she possessed to save the only place that's ever felt like home.