How to Build a House, (Paperback)

from ambookgeek

Dana Reinhardt is emerging as one of my favorite YA authors. She does, indeed, write "girl books", but a good book is a good book and to my mind she writes very good books. She has a way of making you very much care about her characters without leaving you feeling manipulated.

from miksmom

Harper Evans' family is falling apart. Her parents are divorcing, and she is losing not only her beloved step mother, but also her stepsister and best friend. Seventeen-year-old Harper flees the scene of her emotional devastation and flies across the country to face the very physical destruction ...

from ZareksMom

How to Build a House was a wonderful read. Harper's story is realistic and understandable and heart-breaking and inspiring, all at once. Since her father and step-mother's divorce, Harper is just lost. The gap between her and Tess, her former step-sister/best friend, keeps widening and she doesn'...

from bkhall

Harper's dad and stepmom are in the midst of divorce. The problem is that Jane is the only mother she's ever known because her mom died when she was two. Reinhardt does a wonderful job of explaining today's blended families as Harper struggles with losing her sister Tess (who was actually her ste...

from abbylibrarian

I loved this book. I was drawn to Harper from the first page. She cares deeply about things and truly wants to make a difference. And then as the book proceeds you find out that she has some secrets. Things happened back home that made her want to get away. Somehow her life unraveled. As Harper n...