Home girl
(Book)
Author
Published
Brookiyn, New York : Black Sheep, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Young Adult
Fiction Wheatle, A
1 available
Fiction Wheatle, A
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver La Farge - Young Adult | Fiction Wheatle, A | On Shelf |
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Published
Brookiyn, New York : Black Sheep, [2019].
Language
English
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
600
Notes
Description
"When Naomi, a fourteen-year-old white girl, is placed with a black foster care family, her life takes some dramatic twists and turns."--Provided by publisher.
Description
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.
Target Audience
HL600L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 90 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 82 (very high),Structure demand: 88 (very high),Lexile
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