Excellent book! It was so good! It was so well-written!! I absolutely loved this book. 
 The Smell of Other People's Houses is set in Alaska. It gives you a view of what Alaska is like. It has 4 different narrators. Ruth, lives with her grandmother and doesn't feel happy. She falls in love with the wrong boy. (view spoiler)[ He gets her pregnant. (view spoiler)[. Dora, who's father is an abusive drunk. Alyce, who wants to audition for a dance camp, but doesn't want to disappoint her father. Hank, who feels like he's the father over his two younger brothers. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]