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Sixteen and Away from Home
Children's fiction
Sixteen and Away from Home
Book 5 of the Grandma's Attic series
159 pages · First published 1985
At sixteen, Mabel leaves the familiarity of home and discovers that independence is more complicated than she imagined. New surroundings, expectations, and relationships test habits formed during childhood and expose areas where she still has growing to do. Homesickness and mistakes are balanced by humor, friendship, and the satisfaction of becoming more capable. This Grandma’s Attic installment follows Mabel into a significant adolescent transition while retaining the series’ warm family-centered and Christian tone.
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Homesickness and separation from family; school/social pressures; bullying or interpersonal conflict; Christian faith; mild historical hardship.
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