Keesha's House
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- Synopsis
- An unforgettable narrative collage told in poems Keesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can’t make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie’s boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris – disowned by his father after disclosing that he’s gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie – angry at her mother’s loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms – sestinas and sonnets – Helen Frost’s extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 124 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374400125
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 07/21/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Helen Frost
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Submitted By:
- Trans Access
- Proofread By:
- Trans Access
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.