"Nine-year-old Jeannie buys a pet hamster (who shares narrating duties) after her parents separate due to her father's newly revealed homosexuality. Jeannie and her mother befriend a transgender neighbor, and the hamster becomes a calming influence on the characters, despite its own difficult quest to find the meaning of life"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: hamsters, juvenile fiction, pets, families, divorced parents, gay parents, transgender people, compassion, fiction, family life