Awards

• Commended for Kirkus Prize (Young Readers) 2017

Overview

"A powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper. It's 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents' marriage is rocky. Plus, there's her family's new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, and Sophie learns that life--and her own place in it--is even more complicated than she'd once thought. ""Honest, witty . . . relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story--so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too."" --Wall Street Journal ""Thoughtful and well-wrought . . . . Compassionate, pointed, and empowering."" --Booklist, starred review ""An impressive coming-of-age story."" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review ""Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends."" --Publishers Weekly, starred review"

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A Kirkus Prize Finalist Honest, witty...relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story--so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too. --Wall Street Journal * Satisfying. --SLJ, starred * Thoughtful and well-wrought...compassionate, pointed, and empowering. --Booklist, starred * An impressive coming-of-age story. --Kirkus Reviews, starred * Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends. --PW, starred The perspective of an upper-middle-class African American family is an unusual and welcome one. Fans of Rita Williams-Garcia will enjoy this moving, frank novel. --Horn Book--No Source

A Kirkus Prize Finalist Honest, witty...relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story--so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too. --Wall Street Journal * Satisfying. --SLJ, starred * Thoughtful and well-wrought...compassionate, pointed, and empowering. --Booklist, starred * An impressive coming-of-age story. --Kirkus Reviews, starred * Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends. --PW, starred The perspective of an upper-middle-class African American family is an unusual and welcome one. Fans of Rita Williams-Garcia will enjoy this moving, frank novel. --Horn Book

A Kirkus Prize Finalist Honest, witty...relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story--so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too. --Wall Street Journal * Satisfying. --SLJ, starred * Thoughtful and well-wrought...compassionate, pointed, and empowering. --Booklist, starred * An impressive coming-of-age story. --Kirkus Reviews, starred * Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends. --PW, starred The perspective of an upper-middle-class African American family is an unusual and welcome one. Fans of Rita Williams-Garcia will enjoy this moving, frank novel. --Horn Book

Author Information

Karen English is the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of Kirkus Prize finalist It All Comes Down to This and the Nikki & Deja and The Carver Chronicles series. She is a former teacher and lives in Los Angeles.

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