Calling My Name

" Calling My Name is a treasure."--Nic Stone, New York Times -bestselling author of Dear Martin Calling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self--ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros. This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose. Told in fifty-three short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school. Literary and noteworthy, this is a beauty of a novel that captures the multifaceted struggle of finding where you belong and why you matter.

Product details

• Authors: Liara Tamani
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 14 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780062656872
• ISBN: 978-0-06-265687-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: School & Education / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Values & Virtues *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Literary *, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Relating to African American / Black American people