The Orange Houses

Tamika Sykes, AKA Mik, is hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She's a tough girl who mostly keeps to herself and can shut anyone out with the click of her hearing aid. But then she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells newspapers, and Jimmi, a homeless vet who is shunned by the rest of the community, and her life takes an unexpected turn.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Griffin
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780142419823
• ISBN: 978-0-14-241982-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 208 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Interest age: from c 12 years, Drama & performing (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / General