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Fighting words / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PS3552.R22765 F54 2020
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
- Sisters.
- Middle school students--Juvenile fiction.
- Middle school students.
- Suicidal behavior--Juvenile fiction.
- Suicidal behavior.
- Children of prisoners--Juvenile fiction.
- Children of prisoners.
- Sex crimes--Juvenile fiction.
- Sex crimes.
- Foster children--Juvenile fiction.
- Foster children.
- Sisters--Fiction.
- Middle school students--Fiction.
- Suicidal behavior--Fiction.
- Children of prisoners--Fiction.
- Sexual abuse--Fiction.
- Foster children--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020]
- Summary:
- A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of The War that Saved My Life. Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf -- her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della's world turns so far upside down, it feels like it's shaking her by the ankles. Maybe she's been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it's time to be loud. In this powerful novel that explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse and leavens an intense tale with compassion and humor, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other. - Publisher.
- Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
- "Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes author's note with discussion questions.
- Newbery Honor, 2021
- School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2021
- Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year, 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781984815682
- 1984815687
- OCLC:
- 1128105727
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