Edition |
1st ed. 2017. |
Description |
312 p. ; 22 cm. |
Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, October 2017 |
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Publisher's Weekly, September 2017 |
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Booklist, September 2017 |
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Horn Book, April 2018 |
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Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2017 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2017 |
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Kirkus Review, August 2017 |
Summary |
"Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill wasunceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill'sfierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother--and by unfathomable tragedy"--Amazon.com. |
Audience |
Young Adult Follett School Solutions. |
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HL730 Lexile. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.0 12.0 192538. 9 |
Subject |
Grief -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Foster parents -- Fiction.
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ISBN |
9780763684426 |
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