Max, a 3rd grade boy, is getting used to his new life as a boy with two homes. One home is with mom – the home in which he has always lived. The other home is his dad’s new apartment, with a bedroom for Max and boxes everywhere.

Max isn’t so sure about this new home arrangement and sometimes fells sad. But, as he gets to know the people in dad’s apartment building and neighborhood and starts some new weekend routines, he realizes that home can be in more than one place.

The main characters are Caucasian, but many of the secondary characters, including Max’s best friend, are multiethnic. The illustrations capture the gentle tone of the book, done in black and white.

This story is very relevant to today’s children, many of whom are living the life that Max shares with two parents and two homes. The emotions that he feels are normal and the reader will understand that those feelings are okay and things can get better, because mom and dad still love Max – even if they are in two different places.

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