The House You Pass On The Way
Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents' interracial marriage, and by her family's retreat from the world. This summer...
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Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents' interracial marriage, and by her family's retreat from the world. This summer she has a new reason to feel set apart--her confused longing for her friend Hazel. When cousin Trout comes to stay, she gives Staggerlee a first glimpse of her possible future selves and the world beyond childhood.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142417065 (0142417068)
ASIN: 142417068
Publish date: November 11th 2010
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
African American,
Coming Of Age,
Sexuality,
Glbt,
Queer,
Lesbian,
Lesbian Fiction
I really enjoyed reading this book. I had no idea what to expect from this book going into it and I was pleasantly surprised. It's a story about a mixed-race girl discovering herself, her sexual orientation, and what she wants to do in life. It was very short but very touching. I liked the simplisti...
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