Last One Home

by Mary Pope Osborne

Bailey Evans uses wisecracks and a dry humor to keep people from discovering her loneliness and desperate need for support, kindness, and understanding while she tries to cope with her parents' divorce, her brother's leaving, and her father's imminent remarriage

Genres: Childrens, Young Adult

181 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 1986

About the author

Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will Osborne.

Reviews

[Reading with Cats · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Jayla Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this for the first time when I was in third or fourth grade and haven’t been able to find the title of the book on Goodreads forever, and I finally found it!! This was one of my favorite books as a kid and holds a special place in my heart. ❤️