Sarah in Charge

Author Ellen Oh
A twelve-year-old girl's life is turned upside down when her sharp-tongued and increasingly forgetful grandmother moves in after getting swindled. When her grandma runs off to meet the scammer, she and her best friend (and new crush) follow her to New York City in this middle-grade adventure from the award-winning author of Finding Junie Kim.

Everything in Sarah Cho’s life seems to be changing. Josh, her best friend and number one fan of her Korean fusion recipes, is moving across the country just as Sarah's platonic feelings change into a crush. Then sharp-tongued Grandma Cho moves in after losing her life savings to a scammer. She non-stop criticizes Sarah and keeps running away in between lapses of forgetfulness.

One morning, Grandma Cho disappears: she’s joining her “boyfriend” in New York. Panicked but determined, Sarah sets out for New York City with Josh to find her before Grandma Cho gets lost.

Sarah In Charge follows Sarah on a heartfelt journey—complete with subway detours and too much walking, a smorgasbord of NY dining and above all, the unexpected truths she discovers about family, love, and growing up.
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author and editor of middle-grade and young adult novels, including Finding Junie Kim, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee, and its sequel, Jin Young, In Between. She has also edited and contributed to On the Block: Stories of Immigrant Families, You Are Here: Connecting Flights, and Flying Lessons & Other Stories. She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and a recipient of the ALAN Award and the Konigsberg Award. Ellen lives in Rockville, Maryland, with her husband, three human children, and two dog children. View titles by Ellen Oh

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A twelve-year-old girl's life is turned upside down when her sharp-tongued and increasingly forgetful grandmother moves in after getting swindled. When her grandma runs off to meet the scammer, she and her best friend (and new crush) follow her to New York City in this middle-grade adventure from the award-winning author of Finding Junie Kim.

Everything in Sarah Cho’s life seems to be changing. Josh, her best friend and number one fan of her Korean fusion recipes, is moving across the country just as Sarah's platonic feelings change into a crush. Then sharp-tongued Grandma Cho moves in after losing her life savings to a scammer. She non-stop criticizes Sarah and keeps running away in between lapses of forgetfulness.

One morning, Grandma Cho disappears: she’s joining her “boyfriend” in New York. Panicked but determined, Sarah sets out for New York City with Josh to find her before Grandma Cho gets lost.

Sarah In Charge follows Sarah on a heartfelt journey—complete with subway detours and too much walking, a smorgasbord of NY dining and above all, the unexpected truths she discovers about family, love, and growing up.

Author

Ellen Oh is an award-winning author and editor of middle-grade and young adult novels, including Finding Junie Kim, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee, and its sequel, Jin Young, In Between. She has also edited and contributed to On the Block: Stories of Immigrant Families, You Are Here: Connecting Flights, and Flying Lessons & Other Stories. She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and a recipient of the ALAN Award and the Konigsberg Award. Ellen lives in Rockville, Maryland, with her husband, three human children, and two dog children. View titles by Ellen Oh

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