Call Me Athena

"This novel in verse captures one young woman's struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit"--Back cover.

About the author

Colby Cedar Smith grew up in the Midwest, and she still dreams of the cold northern woods and the smell of lake water. She holds degrees from Colorado College and Harvard University. She has been a finalist for the The Iowa Review Poetry Award, the New Letters Poetry Prize, and the Colorado Prize for Poetry, and a semifinalist for the 92Y "Discovery" Boston Review Poetry Prize. In 2020, Colby received a NJ Individual Artist Fellowship in Poetry. Her poems have been published in Bellevue Literary Review, Harper Palate, Mid-American Review, Pleiades, Potomac Review, Saranac Review, and The Iowa Review. Colby lives with her husband and two children in Hopewell, New Jersey, and teaches creative writing at the Arts Council of Princeton.You can read more of her work at www.colbycedarsmith.com.

Summary

An enchanting novel in verse, Call Me Athena captures one young woman’s struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit.

Additional text

Gold Standard Selection (Junior Library Guild)

Product details

• Authors: Colby Cedar Cedar Smith, Cedar Smith Colby, Colby Cedar Smith
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.2021
• EAN: 9781524865450
• ISBN: 978-1-5248-6545-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Historical, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Poetry (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Poetry