"I go on: "Did anyone ask me
if Dad should leave?"
Albert keeps tracking.
"Does anyone care that
I don't want to move?"
More tracking.
"Or that I don't want any part
of this stupid restaurant?"
Turns out Albert's bug
has wings. It flies away."
When her Dad leaves the family and moves to find a new job, Bindi knows that her life is in for some big changes. The loss of his job and inability to find another has made him question his life and the way he is leading it. Bindi is mad! Then Mom decides that she is going into the restaurant business with Aunt Darnell who has always harbored the dream of running her own restaurant. Not enough? How about that the decision to open the restaurant also means that Bindi and her mother will relocate to the apartment that is available above it. Now, that is change that takes time to assimilate...so much has happened in a very short time!
While so much is changing, there is much that remains constant in her life. She has some very close friends, especially Albert. Albert wants to be Bindi's brother but settles for being her good friend. She has her Mom, her aunt's family, her girlfriends and the 'family' that become regulars at The Dancing Pancake. Among those is Grace, a homeless woman who takes Bindi under her wing and provides a sounding board for Bindi's worries and concerns. She spends quality time with her young cousin, Jackson...he is something!
There are so many things to learn as Bindi embarks on this new course her life has taken. She is learning about love in its many forms, family, frustration and ultimately, forgiveness and hope.
Eileen Spinelli writes books with heart. This lovely and lively free verse novel will be read quickly and offers up an invitation to 'dance'!
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