“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.
Calling My Name
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Author: Tamani, Liara
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780062656872
Details:
Author: Tamani, Liara
Brand: Greenwillow Books
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 320
Release Date: 04-09-2018
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780062656872
