Also Known As Harper

Ann Haywood Leal

May 2009 · Sold by Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

About this ebook

Harper Lee Morgan is an aspiring poet, which isn't surprising, seeing as how she's named after her mama's favorite writer, Harper Lee. And life is giving her a lot to write about just now. Daddy up and walked out, leaving them broke. Then Harper's family gets evicted.

With Mama scrambling to find work, Harper has to skip school to care for her little brother, Hemingway. Their lives have been turned upside down, which Harper could just about handle—if it wasn't for the writing contest at school. If only she could get up on that stage and read her poems out loud . . .

Ratings and reviews

Fifth grade is tough enough without taking on the problem at home. Harper Lee Morgan is no stranger to problems at home. Her father who drinks too much has left the family. This has forced her mother to try to find extra work. It doesn’t matter how hard she has tried, their landlady want all of the back rent or wants them out. To make matters worse the landlady lives next door and her snotty daughter, Winnie Rae is one of Harper’s classmates. She seems determined to put Harper down as often as possible. On the day Harper learns about the poetry contest her world comes crashing down. It seems that her family must continue to pay for her father’s mistakes. Homeless, Harper, her mother and younger brother must find a way to survive. The lessons she will learn and the people she will meet will strengthen her in ways she would never expect.. Ann Leal took the reader on the bumpy ride with Harper and her family. I found myself so angry at Winnie Rae’s family that I actually thought about what should be done to them. The lessons in this book were not thrown in your face yet they were there and I believe that anyone who reads this book will see them.

I read this book in the 6th grade and it had a lasting impression on me. I have a hard time finding books that truly interest me, and can also relate but I really love this book!

I picked a random book and found this i liked it but i wanted to know a little more about EVERYONE'S life it was really cute tho

About the author

ANN HAYWOOD LEAL volunteers at her local soup kitchen, and this novel grew out of her concern for the very real issue of homelessness in our own backyards. Ann is an elementary-school teacher in Waterford, Connecticut.