Caucasia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781573227162)

From the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna's literary career

"Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race take ... Haunting." --The New York Times Book Review

Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. The sisters are so close that they speak their own language, yet Birdie, with her light skin and straight hair, is often mistaken for white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at school. Despite their differences, Cole is Birdie's confidant, her protector, the mirror by which she understands herself. Then their parents' marriage collapses. One night Birdie watches her father and his new girlfriend drive away with Cole. Soon Birdie and her mother are on the road as well, drifting across the country in search of a new home. But for Birdie, home will always be Cole. Haunted by the loss of her sister, she sets out a desperate search for the family that left her behind.

A modern classic, Caucasia is at once a powerful coming of age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America.

Author: Danzy Senna
ISBN-10: 1573227161
ISBN-13: 9781573227162
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/1999
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.95d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35202 / Caucasia


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/14/1999 pg. 36
Booklist 04/01/1999 pg. 1401
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1096