This Side of Home

From New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author Ren e Watson comes a captivating and poignant coming-of-age urban novel about sisters, friends, and what it means to embrace change.

Maya Younger and her identical twin sister, Nikki, have always agreed on the important things. Friends. Boys. School. They even plan to attend the same historically African American college.
But nothing can always remain the same.

As their Portland neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, Maya feels her connection to Nikki and their community slipping away. Nikki spends more time at trendy coffee shops than backyard barbecues, and their new high school principal is more committed to erasing the neighborhood's ghetto reputation than honoring its history. Home doesn't feel like home anymore. As Maya struggles to hold on to her black heritage, she begins to wonder with whom--or where--she belongs. Does growing up have to mean growing apart?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Published: 02/03/2015
ISBN: 9781599906683
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 145
Publishers Weekly 12/15/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 44
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 pg. 376 - Book Of Special Distinction

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 174415 / This Side of Home
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8