A portrait of Pia

Description:

As childhood friendships change, her brother's schizophrenia worsens, and her mother's latest boyfriend seems likely to become her stepfather, twelve-year-old artist Pia Crossley tries to gain control of her life by contacting her father, who returned home to Italy before she was born.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Single-parent families,  Interpersonal relations,  Artists,  Schools,  Children's fiction,  Artists, fiction,  Single-parent families, fiction,  Schools, fiction,  Interpersonal relations, fiction,  Artists -- Juvenile fiction,  Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction,  Schools -- Juvenile fiction,  Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction,  Artists -- Fiction,  Single-parent families -- Fiction,  Schools -- Fiction,  Interpersonal relations -- Fiction