Description

From the author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door comes this amusing and poignant story about finding your true calling in life.

“Readers will feel like they’re experiencing every step of Starbird’s eye-opening journey firsthand.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This well-paced, character-rich story boasts a sense of foreboding that will be palpable.”—School Library Journal

In her sixteen years of life, Starbird has never touched a dollar bill. She’s never been in a car. She’s never used a cell phone.

That’s because Starbird has always lived on the Free Family Farm, a commune in the woods of Washington State.

But all that is about to change. When Starbird gets her Calling to be a waitress at the Free Family’s restaurant in Seattle, she decides to leave behind the only home she’s ever known.

Nothing could have prepared Starbird for the World Outside, or for what it would teach her about the Family—and herself.