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Eleven-year-old IsabellaÕs blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper.<br /><br />Eleven-year-old IsabellaÕs parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week sheÕs Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week sheÕs Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves.<br /><br />Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that her parents are divorced, it seems their fights are even worse, and theyÕre always about HER. Isabella feels even more stuck in the middle, split and divided between them than ever. And sheÕs is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad is more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: itÕs also about switching identities. Her dad is black, her mom is white, and strangers are always commenting: ÒYouÕre so exotic!Ó ÒYou look so unusual.Ó ÒBut what are you really?Ó She knows what theyÕre really saying: ÒYou donÕt look like your parents.Ó ÒYouÕre different.Ó ÒWhat race are you really?Ó And when her parents, who both get engaged at the same time, get in their biggest fight ever, Isabella doesnÕt just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if youÕre only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole?<br /><br />It seems like nothing can bring IsabellaÕs family together againÑuntil the worst happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired.