Author(s): Lisa Rosinsky
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 276
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2017-10-26
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 30.48mm
Publication City/Country: Honesdale, United States
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A well-written, funny, smart, and relatable coming-of-age story that features diverse, complex, three-dimensional characters.

Debut novel from talented writer, Lisa Rosinsky, the 2016-2017 Writer in Residence at the Boston Public Library. She is also a senior editor at Barefoot Books.

Multicultural story; Mom is Latina; Cadie's first crush is Iranian; her second crush and a best friend are African American.

Thoughtful exploration of religious diversity, too: Elizabeth is Catholic; Cadie's family are nonreligious Jews; the kids attend a Quaker school.

Literary underpinnings; the themes in this story are echoed in the plays Cadie sees and performs in: Much Ado About Nothing, The Crucible, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Ideal for teaching the following CCSS literacy skills:



Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyzing its development over the course of the text

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke decisions

Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone