Billie Standish Was Here by Nancy Crocker

Billie Standish is a teenager whose parents are too caught up in their own lives to seemingly even notice her, and the only two girls in town her age want nothing to do with her.

Billie's parents wanted a boy, hence the first name of William, and spend the majority of their time ignoring her. When the river starts to rise and threatens to flood, Billie's family is one of the few to stay. She forms an unlikely friendship with an elderly woman, Miss Lydia, who begins to show her that there is more to life than her parent's disappointment and that she is capable of far more than she thought.

When a horrible tragedy befalls Billie, Miss Lydia is the only one who can help.



298 pages