Williams-Garcia, Rita.

Like sisters on the homefront / Rita Williams-Garcia. - New York : Puffin Books, 1997, c1995. - 165 p ; 19 cm.

School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Junior High School. Wilson's Senior High School. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2007. Booklist, February 2001. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2002. Horn Book Starred, November 1995. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1996. Publisher's Weekly, July 1995. School Library Journal starred, October 1995. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007.

Troubled fourteen-year-old Gayle is sent down South to live with her uncle and aunt, where her life begins to change as she experiences the healing power of the family.

4.5 Follett Library Resources. Young Adult Follett Library Resources.

Coretta Scott King Award.

0140385614 (pbk.) 0329084283 0758703740 (BWI bdg.) 9780140385618 (pbk.) 9780329084288 9780758703743 (Follett bdg.)


African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.

PZ7.W6714 / Li 1997

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