A Corner of the Universe

Our April book of the month, selected by Beth, is A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin. Hattie Owens is content to spend her summers sticking to the same routine in Millerton, her small hometown. But the summer of 1960, the summer Hattie turns 12, is different. That is the summer she meets her uncle Adam, an uncle she has never heard of.  The school (really an institution for the mentally disabled) Adam has been living at closes and he must return home.  Hattie's life is forever changed. Adam teaches her what it is like to be different and that you can lift the corners of your universe.