This Side of Home (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781599906683)

From New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author Ren馥 Watson comes a captivating and poignant coming-of-age urban novel about sisters, friends, and what it means to embrace change.

Maya Younger and her identical twin sister, Nikki, have always agreed on the important things. Friends. Boys. School. They even plan to attend the same historically African American college.
But nothing can always remain the same.

As their Portland neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, Maya feels her connection to Nikki and their community slipping away. Nikki spends more time at trendy coffee shops than backyard barbecues, and their new high school principal is more committed to erasing the neighborhood's "ghetto" reputation than honoring its history. Home doesn't feel like home anymore. As Maya struggles to hold on to her black heritage, she begins to wonder with whom--or where--she belongs. Does growing up have to mean growing apart?

Author: Ren馥 Watson
ISBN-10: 1599906686
ISBN-13: 9781599906683
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2015
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 174415 / This Side of Home


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 145
Publishers Weekly 12/15/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 44
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 pg. 376 - Book Of Special Distinction