A Certain October (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689870651)

From three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner Angela Johnson, a wrenching, honest book about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on.

Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it's true that Scotty's friends, Misha and Falcone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. She cannot tell what is a dream and what is real. Her friends are having a hard time getting through to her and her family is preoccupied with their own trauma. But the prospect of a boy, a dance, and the possibility that everything can fall back into place soon helps Scotty realize that she is capable of adding her own flavor to life.

With artfully spare prose, acclaimed and award-winning author Angela Johnson explores the ramifications of unexpected death in this compelling coming-of-age story. An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick.

Author: Angela Johnson
ISBN-10: 0689870655
ISBN-13: 9780689870651
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2013
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 153739 / Certain October