Old House (Aladdin hardcover edition)

From three-time Edgar Awardwinning author Willo Davis Roberts comes the instantly compelling (Kirkus Reviews) classic mystery, originally published as Buddy Is a Stupid Name for a Girl, about a young girl who unravels her familys deepest, darkest secrets.All Buddy ever wanted was a normal family.

But with her mother dead, her father missing, and her brother on the road searching for him, Buddy has a hard time believing it will ever happen.

Instead shes living with relatives she hardly knows who resent her for reasons she cant figure out.

They think everything about her is strange, especially her name.

Despite all this, Buddy clings to the hope that her father is out there, somewhere, and that her brother will find him so they can be a family again.

Until then will Buddy find a way to accept her new life and figure out the mystery behind her relatives disapproving stares?