u/AngelaChasesHair

I feel like this might be a long shot. I read it over and over back then, it was one of my favorite books. It was about a girl in middle school I think? And she lives in Oakland, CA. The Oakland fires is a major theme, and either she and her family had to move in with a relative or vice versa. School is challenging but she's making new friends all in the arts and she loves it. I feel like it was called something like "Fall Magic" but it doesn't come up when I Google it. I can see the cover so clearly in my mind. It has a photo of the main character sort of juggling everything in her life, and it's like pink and purple whimsical colors.

I feel like this book disappeared from existence so if anyone knows what I'm talking about I would consider it a miracle. Thank you!

I read it a few years ago. Can't for the life of me remember the title. I don't even remember the whole plot, just a few key points. It was told from the perspective of the daughter. She's in high school. She and her mother are new in town and rent an apartment. Her mother is an artist with an agent in New York. We find out the mother was supposed to be a surrogate for this rich couple in New York but she runs away and keeps her daughter so she's been on the lam and that's why they keep moving throughout the daughter's life. (I think? Unless I'm mis-remembering.)

Also I seem to remember something about a fire burning down someone's house? Themes of adoption.

Thank you!