Coming on Home Soon Juvenile Fiction / Family - Multigenerational / Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration / People & Places - United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander it is just in time

it is just in time to wear something new to the school talent show

"Raw and gripping

she can't shake the feeling that everything could go up in flames at any moment

From Marvyn Harrison

or because they slowed to say hello to neighbors on the way to the bus stop

Coming on Home Soon Juvenile Fiction / Family - Multigenerational / Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration / People & Places - United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander it is just in timeAda Ruth's mama must go away to Chicago to work, leaving Ada Ruth and Grandma behind. It's war time, and women are needed to fill the men's jobs. As winter sets in, Ada Ruth and her grandma keep up their daily routine, missing Mama all the time. They find strength in each other, and a stray kitten even arrives one day to keep them company, but nothing can fill the hole Mama left. Every day they wait, watching for the letter that says Mama will be