American Street /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 324, 13 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0062473050; 9780062473059Subject(s): Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction | Haitians -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction | Cousins -- Juvenile fiction | American Dream -- Juvenile fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Detroit (Mich.) -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Bildungsromans. LOC classification: PZ7.1.Z64 | Am 2017Awards: National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2017. | Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017. | School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017.Summary: On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie -- a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Main Library Junior Fiction (JF) | JF .Z83 2018 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 33016 |
Includes author's notes, acknowledgements, and a preview of Pride.
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie -- a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?
Ages 14-17 years.
HL690L Lexile.
Accelerated Reader 4.4.
Reading Counts! 6.3.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 4.4 11.0 187750.
National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2017.
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017.
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017.