Downloading Out at Home (Clarksonville Book 5) (NEW EDITION)

Marlee McAllister just wants to fit in. She didn't know she didn’t fit in until Kate and Rita - the prettiest girls in the senior class - pointed it out. Even Marlee's grandmother declared that Marlee's too old for "this tomboy nonsense." All the other girls at school have long hair except Marlee. All the other girls wear something other than jeans, a t-shirt, and sneakers to school every day. Except for Marlee. All the other girls fit in except Marlee.

Marlee decides to grow out her short hair, buy femmy girly clothes, and pretend she has a boyfriend named Ronnie. Really, though? She has the most amazing girlfriend in Susie Torres. Susie is everything Marlee hoped for - sweet, sexy, kind, athletic, pretty. And best of all? She loves Marlee as much as Marlee loves her. Although their parents know about their relationship, not many other people do.

Marlee is out at home, but not to anyone else. And if anyone else finds out she's into girls, Kate and Rita especially, the entire school and her grandparents will know within a day. Life as she knows it will be over.

Out at Home is the story of Marlee McAllister's life-altering struggle to fit in.

About Barbara L. Clanton

Barbara L. Clanton is a native New Yorker who left those “New York minutes” for the slower-paced palm-tree-filled life in Orlando, Florida. While still in school, she played any sport she could find: softball, volleyball, basketball, and field hockey. She could even be found in the upstairs gym playing team handball with her friends during high school. She played softball at Princeton and was the captain her senior year. She spent most of her adult years teaching mathematics at college preparatory schools and coaching softball and basketball in Florida and New York. She played softball well beyond the time anyone should have but has also picked up a new passion! “Dr. Barb” has played the bass guitar in various pop-rock bands in Central Florida. Her writing credits include the Clarksonville young adult series about four high school girls coming out as lesbians. She is also proud of her girls’ sports stories in the Bedazzled Ink’s Title IX series from their Dragonfeather Books imprint.