| Record Number |
19837 |
| ISBN |
9781338129304 (jacketed hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Item Number |
40028720022 |
| Location |
F CAL |
| Author |
Callender, Kheryn, (author). |
| Title |
Hurricane child / Kheryn Callender. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Published |
New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. |
| ©2018. |
| Collation |
214 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
Collection code: LGBTIQA+ |
| Summary Note |
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother. |
| Target Audience |
8-12 years. |
| Awards Note |
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019. |
| Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018. |
| School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018. |
| Stonewall Book Award - Children's & Young Adult GBLT (US) (Winner - 2019) |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Girls and women -- Juvenile fiction |
| Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction |
| Lesbians -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Hurricanes -- Juvenile fiction |
| Fantasy & magic -- Juvenile fiction |
| Acting out (Psychology) |
| Fathers and daughters |
| LGBTIQA+ For Children |
