Calling Him Dad — Virgina Kamhi

Not knowing your father can be super painful, especially when your best friend has just left for Arizona to visit her dad for the summer. Brianna is a ten year old Latina who is prepared to spend the most boring summer of her life with THE DUMBEST sitter in the world, when she learns that her father wants her to visit him in Seattle. He plans to take her out on his boat. Though Brianna has always wondered about him, she has secretly pretended he is like her grandfather Ramirez. Now, she will find out what he's really like, and she's not too sure she wants to know. What's more, she will be staying with him for twenty-eight days, and most of this time, she will be cooped up on a boat. Yikes!