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Hurricane child / Kheryn Callender.

Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PS3603.A55 H87 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Callender, Kacen, author.
Contributor:
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
African American girls.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters.
Missing persons--Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship.
Hurricanes--Juvenile fiction.
Hurricanes.
Acting out (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction.
Acting out (Psychology).
African American lesbians.
United States Virgin Islands--Juvenile fiction.
United States Virgin Islands.
African American lesbians--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Lesbians--Fiction.
Hurricanes--Fiction.
United States Virgin Islands--Fiction.
Genre:
Fantasy fiction.
Children's stories.
Junior.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Bildungsromans.
Physical Description:
214 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
Summary:
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
Notes:
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
Rainbow Book List, 2019
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, Winner, 2019
Lambda Literary Awards - LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult, Winner, 2019
ISBN:
9781338129304
1338129309
OCLC:
1000585897
Publisher Number:
40028720022
99979016137

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