Home Girl
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- Synopsis
- When Naomi, a fourteen-year-old white girl, is placed with a black foster care family, her life takes some dramatic twists and turns. “Another powerful and poignant novel deftly created by one of the most prolific master novelists on either side of the pond. Home Girl is a page-turner, with not a dull moment. Loved it from the rooter to the tooter.” —Eric Jerome Dickey, New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Wicked New from the best-selling black British author Alex Wheatle, Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the foster care system. It is a wholly modern story which sheds a much-needed light on what can be an unsettling life—and the consequences that follow when children are treated like pawns on a family chessboard. Home Girl is fast-paced and funny, tender, tragic, and full of courage—just like Naomi. This is Alex Wheatle’s most moving and personal novel to date.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781617757716
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781617757532, 9781617757952, 9781617757532
- Publisher:
- Akashic Books, Ltd.
- Date of Addition:
- 05/27/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Jill Mullin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Teens, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Grade Levels:
- Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 14–18
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.