TY - BOOK AU - Harrington,Karen TI - Courage for beginners SN - 9780316210461 AV - PZ7.H23816 Co 2015 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Co. KW - Agoraphobia KW - Fiction KW - Family problems KW - Middle schools KW - Schools KW - sears KW - Family life KW - School stories KW - Texas N1 - School Library Journal, May 2014; Booklist starred, June 2014; Publisher's Weekly, May 2014; Horn Book, April 2015; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2014; Kirkus Review, June 2014; 5.9; 3-6; None; Lexile; W; Fountas N2 - Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school; take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital; and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house ER -