Written By:  Loretta Ellsworth

 

Genre(s): Fiction,Young_Adult

The touching story of one girl’s journey to find herself, In Search of Mockingbird is Loretta Ellsworth’s heartfelt novel. It’s 1986, and 15-year-old Erin is none too pleased by her widowed father’s announcement that he’s getting married. When she discovers her late mother’s diary, she learns that she wanted to be a writer just like Erin does. So she runs away from home on a Greyhound bus, determined to track down Harper Lee—the author of both her and her mother’s favorite book. What unfolds is a poignant quest of self-discovery and the making of a strong young woman.