The Onlyhouse
By Teresa Toten
1995
First Published
4.31
Average Rating
112
Number of Pages
Life for Croatian immigrant Lucy Vakovik isn't easy, especially when her mother has to scrimp and save, and Lucy has trouble fitting in. But Lucy's got spunk enough to know she's not a stereotype like some people think—she's Lucy and that's a good place to start.
Avg Rating
4.31
Number of Ratings
13
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Teresa Toten
Author · 11 books
My earliest and most fervent ambition was to grow up and take my rightful place among the other mermaids. When cruel and insensitive adults crushed that dream by insisting that mermaids did not exist, I settled on the more mature aspiration of becoming an intergalactic astronaut. Then I realized that math would likely be involved. So, in the end, I went to Trinity College at the University of Toronto where I got a BA and then an MA in Political Economy taking great care not to take a single English or Creative Writing class. The only thing I knew for sure was that I was never ever going to be a writer. That would be silly, fanciful and well, unrealistic. And then I started to write...
