Just Under The Clouds
  • Published: 4 June 2019
  • ISBN: 9781524720117
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $14.99

Just Under The Clouds

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Can you still have a home if you don't have a house? In the spirit of The Truth About Jellyfish and Fish in a Tree comes a stunning debut about a family struggling to find a place to belong.

Can you still have a home if you don't have a house? In the spirit of The Truth About Jellyfish and Fish in a Tree comes a stunning debut about a family struggling to find a place to belong.

To climb a tree, always think in threes and you'll never fall. "Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot," Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Now Cora is in middle school, her father is gone, her family is homeless, and Cora has to look after her younger sister, Adare, who needs a lot of looking after.

When their room at the shelter is ransacked, Cora's mother brings them to an old friend's apartment, and Cora hopes this will be a place she can finally call home. When doubt seeps in, Cora makes an escape of her own and discovers something that will change how she sees her family and her place within it.

The beautiful debut by Melissa Sarno, the author of A Swirl of Ocean, will take root in your heart and blossom long after you've turned the last page.

"[A] heartbreaking yet hopeful story of a family searching for a place to belong." --Publishers Weekly

"[A] thought-provoking debut about the meaning of home and the importance of family." --The Horn Book Magazine
  • Published: 4 June 2019
  • ISBN: 9781524720117
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $14.99
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Praise for Just Under The Clouds

"[R]ich and evocative . . . . A moving book about an all-too-common childhood experience, which is fairly uncommon in children's literature." --Booklist

"Troubling, affecting, and ultimately uplifting, from a promising debut novelist."--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] thought provoking debut about the meaning of home and the importance of family."--Horn Book Magazine

"The heartbreaking yet hopeful story of a family searching for a place to belong. . . . Sarno easily pulls readers into the tangled lives of her credible characters and their struggles to put down roots in this exploration of family and friendship, loss and resilience." --Publishers Weekly

"This is a beautiful book. I loved Cora who was so warm and real. I cried over her hard life, but was thrilled over her choices. I wanted her to succeed; I wanted her to be happy. The ending of this book was wonderful; I'll never forget it." -Patricia Reilly Giff, author of Eleven

"This beautiful novel grabbed me from page one and never let go. Simply put, I loved this book. Cora and Adare wormed their way into my heart. I rooted for them, I ached for them. An incredible debut novel. I'm already a Sarno fan and can't wait to see what she does next." -Susin Nielsen, author of We Are All Made of Molecules

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