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This is a story about loss and a child's method for trying to cope with the news that her mom has multiple sclerosis, lives through mom's time in a mental health facility, then learns of the death of her mother by suicide. Her father and sister are unable to help her regain her equilibrium following these traumatic happenings. Her young misfit next door neighbor who is abused at home joins up with "Chirpie" as this young girl was called by her mother. Together they find "nests" for the two of them that help them to share their problems. Joey and "Chirpie" work together to find sanity when everything seems to be falling down on top of them. What a great story to help children realize that the things that seem like a dead end in their lives can lead to a resolution to bring things back around to a new chance at life. I received an advance copy courtesy of Net Galley. Thanks for this opportunity to find more books that deal with the tragedy of death in a healthy way.