Good Kind of Trouble e-bog
44,78 DKK
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From debut author Lisa Moore Rame comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for whats right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomass The Hate U Give and the novels of Rene Watson and Jason Reynolds.Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to dois to follow the rules. (Oh, and shed also like to make it through seventh grade ...
E-bog
44,78 DKK
Forlag
Balzer + Bray
Udgivet
12 marts 2019
Længde
384 sider
Genrer
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062836700
From debut author Lisa Moore Rame comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for whats right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomass The Hate U Give and the novels of Rene Watson and Jason Reynolds.Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to dois to follow the rules. (Oh, and shed also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.)But in junior high, its like all the rules have changed. Now shes suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying shes not black enough. Wait, what?Shays sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum.Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now thats trouble, for real."e;Tensions are high over the trial of a police officer who shot an unarmed Black man. When the officer is set free, and Shay goes with her family to a silent protest, she starts to see that some trouble is worth making."e; (Publishers Weekly, "e;An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List"e;)