Like Sisters On the Homefront - Hardcover

Williams-Garcia, Rita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525674659 ISBN 13: 9780525674658

Publisher: Puffin, 1995

Synopsis

When street-smart Gayle, a tough African-American fourteen-year-old from New York, moves with her new baby to stay with relatives down South, she starts to learn a lot about family traditions and connections.

About this title

About the Author:

Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) is an American writer of young adult novels. She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book One Crazy Summer. She won the PEN/Norma Klein Award. Her book P.S. Be Eleven won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2014. In 2016 her book Gone Crazy in Alabama won the Coretta Scott King Award.

Synopsis:

Troubled fourteen-year-old Gayle is sent down South to live with her uncle and aunt, where her life begins to change as she experiences the healing power of the family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0525674659
• ISBN 13: 9780525674658
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176