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Letters in the Attic
Letters in the Attic is a novel by Bonnie Shimko published in 2007 by Academy Chicago Publishers.

Summary
Lizzy McMann is a feisty twelve-year-old who lives with her mother and Manny, her father in a fleabag hotel. One night, Manny’s sudden announcement that he wants a divorce causes mother and daughter to move to upstate New York to live with Lizzy’s grandmother—a mixed blessing.

At school, Lizzy befriends, then falls in love with, Eva Singer, who is dyslexic, looks like Natalie Wood and lives right down the street. Like all girls her age, Lizzy has to deal with her first period, her first bra and her first boyfriend. But what scares her most is her love for Eva.

Critical Acclaim
The novel has been well received by critics and won the Lambda Literary Award in 2003 for Children's Young Adult Fiction.