Blended Contributor(s): Draper, Sharon M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442495006 ISBN-13: 9781442495005 Publisher: Atheneum Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Blended Families - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2018025777 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 9-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 4-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 610(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (0.88 lbs) 320 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/01/2018 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2018 School Library Journal 11/01/2018 pg. 66 Booklist 11/01/2018 pg. 52 Shelf Awareness 12/14/2018 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 198319 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
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Publisher Description: Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper. Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she's Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she's Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that her parents are divorced, it seems their fights are even worse, and they're always about HER. Isabella feels even more stuck in the middle, split and divided between them than ever. And she's is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad is more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: it's also about switching identities. Her dad is black, her mom is white, and strangers are always commenting: "You're so exotic " "You look so unusual." "But what are you really?" She knows what they're really saying: "You don't look like your parents." "You're different." "What race are you really?" And when her parents, who both get engaged at the same time, get in their biggest fight ever, Isabella doesn't just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if you're only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole? It seems like nothing can bring Isabella's family together again--until the worst happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Draper, Sharon M.: - Sharon M. Draper is a New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire, and was most recently awarded the Charlotte Huck Award for Stella by Starlight. Her novel Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and was a New York Times bestseller for over three years. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at SharonDraper.com. |
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