Alpaca My Bags: A Wish Novel

Alpaca My Bags: A Wish Novel

By Jenny Goebel

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When anxiety threatens to derail a homeschooled girl's attempt to make new friends, she finds support in an unlikely source . . . a herd of adorable alpacas!
To some kids, Amelia's life sounds like the ultimate fantasy. She and her brothers are homeschooled by their adventurous parents, and the family travels around the country in an RV, scaling mountains, rappelling down canyons, and skiing down double black diamond slopes.

There's just one problem -- Amelia didn't inherit the family's daredevil gene. She's terrified of heights and would give anything to be reading instead of careening down a mountain. She's also desperate for the chance to attend a regular school and make real friends. So when her parents decide to temporarily move to Colorado, Amelia's delighted by the chance to settle down.

However, starting at a conventional school is much harder than Amelia imagined, and her anxiety makes meeting new friends extra challenging. Everything about her feels wrong, from her clothes to her hobbies to her complete lack of pop culture knowledge.

So when Amelia's given the chance to volunteer at an alpaca ranch, she's delighted by the chance to do something she's good at -- take care of animals. And soon, the alpacas and their owners start to feel like real friends.

But when a cruel classmate's prank puts the alpacas in mortal peril, Amelia will have to summon strength she never knew she possessed to save the only place that's ever felt like home.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN-13: 9781338608908
ISBN-10: 1338608908
Published on 9/1/2020
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224

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Alpaca my Bags is a story about a girl who doesn't exactly fit in with her family. When Amelia goes to public school for the first time in her home schooled life, things aren't easy. But when she gets a job at the alpaca ranch, Amelia sees hope! Unfortunately, one day, when a classmate's cruel action puts the alpacas in mortal peril, Amelia has to muster all the courage she has!