Every summer, June works at her parents’ theater and dreams of a career on the stage. But this year is different: her mother has moved in with her grandmother and June is living with her father and older sister. June’s mother doesn’t seem to think her daughter’s aspirations are realistic – June really is just a gopher even though her father was a “real” actor (one appearance on Broadway). June’s biggest problem is learning to deal with life and how to talk to the people around her about her life.

Each chapter begins with June’s thoughts – about her fantasy – how she sees it – and reality – how it is. An interesting device that reflects June’s desire for her broken family to be fixed and what she dreams of doing with her life; students who enjoy Wendy Maas and Sharon Creech should enjoy this one. No sex, no language, could go as low as 7^th-8^th grade.