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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Liara Tamani
• Editore: Greenwillow Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 14 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780062656872
• ISBN: 978-0-06-265687-2
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Uomo; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Literary *