The Creakers Immigration & Refugees as could only be told

as could only be told by Jason Reynolds

Penny also shares the enduring message that “It’s ok to be different” with her new friend Roxie

Shoogy left home with all her jeans still in the washer because she couldn’t think of a reason to stay

• 2015 Los Angeles Times Holiday Books Guide long-listed

The Creakers Immigration & Refugees as could only be toldHardcover Where have all the grown ups gone, and why? Lucy finds the answers under her bed. Suddenly left to their own devices, the children of Whiffington Town quickly devolve into a bewildered mobexcept for 11 year old Lucy Dungston. Unwillingly finding herself cast in the role of "the girl who knows what to do," she determines to find out "what the jiggins is going on." As it turns out, the garbage loving, under the bed Creakers have bundled the