It All Comes Down to This - Couverture souple

English, Karen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 035809853X ISBN 13 : 9780358098539

Editeur : Clarion Books, 2019

Synopsis

A powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper.

It’s 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents’ marriage is rocky. Plus, there’s her family’s new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, and Sophie learns that life—and her own place in it—is even more complicated than she’d once thought.

 

"Honest, witty . . . relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story—so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too." —Wall Street Journal

* "Thoughtful and well-wrought. . . . Compassionate, pointed, and empowering." —Booklist, starred review

* "An impressive coming-of-age story." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* "Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends." —PW, starred review

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karen English is the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of Kirkus Prize finalist It All Comes Down to This and the Nikki & Deja and The Carver Chronicles series. She is a former teacher and lives in Los Angeles.

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarion Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 035809853X
• ISBN 13: 9780358098539
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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