Roxie wants to blend in at her new school, which means hiding the fact that her parents are blind, in this remarkable novel about friendship, misperceptions, and family--plus a dog's view of the world. Starting seventh grade in a new town, Roxie is determined to be known as more than "the girl with blind parents"--she's also an artist, an animal lover, and the kind of person who bakes cookies for people she cares about for no special reason. But that means keeping her parents' blindness a secret and definitely not telling anyone that she might inherit the eye condition that caused her mother's vision loss. For a while, Roxie is happier than she's ever been. But the lies start piling up when she secretly uses her "emergencies only" credit card with her new friends at the mall. And when a neighbor catches the group sneaking out at night, Child Protective Services is sent to investigate Roxie's parents. In a society that often holds damaging misconceptions about blind people, can Roxie find acceptance within her new community--and finally be honest with her friends, her parents, and herself? Typeset in a font developed by the Braille Institute specifically for low-vision readers, this heartfelt depiction of a girl establishing her own identity, with some chapters told from the perspective of her mother's aging guide dog, is an authentic portrayal of the joys, challenges, and everyday ordinariness of being raised by parents who have a disability.
