SOLVED. Juvenile / YA Book - Family of 3 Orphans Looking for a Home [s]

[Nichole]

This book contains main character named Allison. She and her 2-3 other "siblings" are ophans. However, they consider themselves a family. Allison's younger "brother" is native American. The youngest "sibling" is called Fat Buttery. These children wish to be adopted by a grounchy middle-aged man. I read this book in middle school, so the book might have been published in the mid-1980s.

[Rainbowheart]

Journey for Three

[Kris]

Nichole, what is the story's time period and location?

[Kat]

Journey for Three by Isabelle Holland

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

From the Kirkus review:

"Alison, eleven, who grew up at a mission in India where her parents died and who raised two younger orphans as her little brothers, is sent to live with her gruff, unwelcoming writer/uncle Nicholas when the mission collapses. Since the three children are inseparable San Ignacio (an East Indian who dresses like a red one since the mission's stint in South America) and little Fat Buttery soon follow Alison, even though Uncle Nicholas insists that she can't stay either. Eviction threats, rooftop chases, a self-appointed panel of aged female snoops and other complications combine to effect the inevitable melting of Uncle Nicholas, who turns out to be not only sympathetic but also, pseudonymously, Betty Bounce who wrote the children's books that have sustained the trio through their troubles."

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Nichole left the group, moving to Solved.

[Rainbowheart]

I'll never get why some people join the group and then immediately leave it, lol.

[Rosa]

Because they never learned about "please" and "thank you"!