Review: 10 Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell

10 Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell

I was initially quite charmed by 10 Miles Past Normal, a March release from established middle grade author Frances O'Roark Dowell. It promised to be something like Peachtree's upcoming This Girl Is Different–a story about a new-comer to high school trying to find her way despite the weirdness of her family—but I'd hoped it would be a little more grounded in a familiar reality.

And in some ways, it was. 10 Miles Past Normal tells the story of...