Happy to Be Home

 By Rachel Brokaw, Grade 8, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, KY
"All happy families are alike, wrote Leo Tolstoy. Obviously, he hadn't met hers..."
Genre  Short Story   Topic  Family, Identity, Humor, Home, Abuse

"Harriet is ashamed of her eccentric family. That is, until she finds out that a popular classmate's father has been abusive and learns that seemingly normal homes can be terrible places to live."

ID 30209   Published in Merlyn's Pen Annual #2

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