"Calling My Name is a treasure."--Nic Stone, New York Times-bestselling author of Dear Martin

Calling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self--ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.

This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose.

Told in fifty-three short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school. Literary and noteworthy, this is a beauty of a novel that captures the multifaceted struggle of finding where you belong and why you matter.

--School Library Journal

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 10/24/2017
ISBN: 9780062656865
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2017 pg. 72
School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 101
Publishers Weekly 09/11/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2017 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 198646 / Calling My Name
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9