A relatable teen novel about wanting to belong, parental angst, tumultuous friendships, drama club, and first romance. Leah has always felt like she is on the outside looking in. Her mom has been in and out of relationships and has moved her from place to place. Tipton, Indiana is the place where she has lived the longest and it's starting to feel like home. What if she could really belong? She belongs in drama club and with her two friends Justin and Becky. But she doesn't feel as if she belongs at home with her mom's new boyfriend and she longs to belong to the "cool kids" group at the high school, the choir. The choir kids have a tree they all sit around at lunch and to Leah it's larger than life. What are they discussing out there? After school she sneaks out to be by the tree when no one can see her, and on one auspicious day she finds a letter buried in dirt from an old man named Robert. Life as she knows it will never be the same. Teens will really relate to this novel but the I did not care for the ending. As a Hoosier, I did love all the Indiana references.
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