Spellbound - Couverture souple

McDonald, Janet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007143028 ISBN 13 : 9780007143023

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2003

Synopsis

A teenage mother from the New York Projects wants to get to college – but she’s got to learn to spell first…

Raven’s life has been derailed. She never expected she’d be a mother at sixteen like her best friend, Aisha. Is she going to be just another high school dropout, a project girl with few prospects? Could be – except Raven has ambition. Still, when is she going to find the time to finish school? In the few minutes she’s not looking for a job or caring for her son, Smokey? Then her older sister Dell tells her about a spelling competition that promises the winner enrolment in a college preparatory programme and a scholarship for college itself. Spelling? It’s Raven’s worst subject. But Raven is determined to win, and so she starts memorising words.

In Janet McDonald’s powerful and funny novel, a smart and resilient young woman whose life isn’t what she dreamed it would be learns that there are many ways to spell “success”.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Janet McDonald was born in New York City and grew up in a public housing project in Brooklyn, a place that has inspired many of the characters in her books. She holds degrees from Vassar, NYU and Columbia University. She is one of the few black members of Mensa and practises law in Paris.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0007143028
• ISBN 13: 9780007143023
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible