So B. It

Last night I read So B. It by Sarah Weeks. It's the story of Heidi's quest to find out more about her mentally challenged mother. Their neighbour, Bernadette, has been taking care of them since Heidi and her mom showed up at her doorstep when Heidi was only a week old. Heidi's mom knows only 23 words, one of which is "soof". Heidi is determined to find out what "soof" is, and hopefully in the process find out more about her mother. Heidi finds out that her mom used to live in Liberty, New York, a 3 1/2 day bus trip away from Reno, where they live now. Problem is, Bernadette's agoraphobic, and Heidi is only 12, 3 years too young to go on an interstate bus trip alone. The ending's a tearjerker, but this was a really good book. It's easy and fast to read, and it's divided into 23 short chapters, one for each word Heidi's mom knows.