Downstairs Girl illustrator-Paola Zakimi Her father has lost his

Her father has lost his job

A CBC Recommended Book • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

When Danny digs deeper into his parents' past

Louna has spent her high school years working at her mother’s successful wedding planning business

Their love will be loud and bright

Downstairs Girl illustrator-Paola Zakimi Her father has lost hisBy day, seventeen year old Jo Kuan works as a ladys maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, Dear Miss Sweetie. When her column becomes wildly popular, she uses the power of the pen to address some of societys ills, but shes not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about