Clouds Over California

This was supposed to be the best year ever for eleven-year-old Stevie Morrison. But instead, her life seems determined to turn itself upside down.

First of all, her parents can''t stop fighting - and they decide to move the family to a totally new apartment, in a totally new part of town, which means a totally new middle school for Stevie. On top of that, her best friend, Jennifer, is acting weird. She won''t return Stevie''s phone calls, and apparently her new best friends are a bunch of mean girls.

The final straw comes with the arrival of Stevie''s teenage cousin Naomi - sent down in disgrace from Boston (though no one will tell Stevie why). But with Naomi comes an exciting glimpse of a world Stevie hasn''t paid much attention to before: one of Cleopatra Jones movies, women''s liberation and an intriguing-sounding group called the Black Panthers.

It might not be the year Stevie anticipated. But it will be the one that changes her life forever.<>

Product details

• Authors: Karyn Parsons
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.07.2023
• EAN: 9780241346914
• ISBN: 978-0-241-34691-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 194 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism