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 |