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Sleeping in My Jeans

by Connie King Leonard

Ambition under pressure

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Ambition under pressure

Mattie Rollins has mapped out a route from advanced high school courses to a college scholarship, with a better future in mind for her family. Homelessness upends that plan: she and her younger sister are living in their family’s station wagon, and their mother has disappeared. The story brings together two urgent challenges—finding out what happened to their mother and navigating life without stable housing—while keeping Mattie’s educational hopes in view. Its focus on a young person trying to protect both family ties and future plans gives the novel a clear social context centered on poverty, homelessness, and perseverance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about homelessness and family hardship
  • Readers drawn to stories about sisters facing uncertainty together
  • Those interested in young protagonists balancing education goals with difficult circumstances

Themes

Homelessness and povertyFamily bondsPerseveranceEducation and aspirationUncertainty and loss

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Book overview

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Rollins has it all figured out. She'll ace her advanced high school courses, earn a college scholarship, and create a new life for herself and her family. There's no time for distractions--no friends, no fun, and especially no boys.


But Mattie's brilliant plan crumbles after first becoming homeless, forcing her family to live in the confines of their beat-up station wagon, Ruby, and then the mysterious disappearance of her mother. With life against her at every turn and fewer options every day, Mattie and her kid sister must learn how to live--not just survive--in their uncertain circumstances while racing to discover the truth behind their mother's disappearance. Mattie will have to find the strength to keep searching for her mother and to keep her dreams alive before they both slip away forever.


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