Just Under The Clouds by Melissa Sarno

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
On Sale Date: June 5th 2018
Pages: 240
Age Range: Middle GradeYoung Adult

Brooklyn based middle schooler Cora never knew a real home. after her father died. Together with her mom and little sister Adare, they go from one place to another, from homeless shelter to stay at a friends house for a while and back, untill they hopefully one day find a place of their own.
While their mother works fulltime to make ends meet, Cora has to look after her sister Adare, wo is lightly disabled, rarely speaks and needs special care. Cora is doing well in school, although has been moved around so much that she struggles to make friends.

When their room in the shelter they currently stayed in was broken in and made into a giant mess, the little family seeks refuges at the house of one of their mother's old friends.
Cora tries to find some dristraction by mapping trees, which connects her to her late father. And then there's the budding hope of friendship, and maybe even a glimmer of stability.

This is quite an unusual read. At sometimes I found it even a bit weird. The story and synopsis got my interest and it started of quite interesting. Then it became somewhat difficult to follow at many points. The most interesting part of it was them being homeless and how and if they would find somewhere stable to live in the next place and eventually a place of their own in the end. The part with the trees and everything came over to me like fantasy. Somehow I just couldn't follow that part and it was quite unclear where or what was happening.

Overall I found this a book that had and interesting main topic, but it got a little lost in storyline that wasn't worked out in all of the parts or maybe it was just not my cup of tea.