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296 pp.
| Walker |
February, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8027-3394-8$16.99
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4-6
"It is as if we live in two different countries: not America and Haiti, but white Flatbush and black Flatbush. They are just as different, and just as far apart," Bijou says of Alex, a fellow Episcopalian school student in Brooklyn. Despite some uneven pacing, Farrar sensitively depicts two mature seventh graders' sweet relationship and their struggles with race- and culture-based bullying.