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Fighting words / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.

By: Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 259 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 3 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1663631034
  • 1984815687
  • 1984815709
  • 9781663631039
  • 9781984815682
  • 9781984815705
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3552 .R22765 F54 2020
  • PZ7 .B7247 Fi 2020
Awards:
  • American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2021
  • Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year, 2021
  • Newbery Honor, 2021
  • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2021
Summary: "Sometimes you've got a story you need to find the courage to tell." Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Loving, loyal, and fierce, Suki is Dell's own wolf--her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she's always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della's world turns so far upside down, it feels like it's shaking her by the ankles. Maybe it's time to speak up. maybe she's been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it's time to be loud. This powerful, pitch-perfect novel explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse by balancing an intense tale with compassion, insight, and levity, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a fierce and moving story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other. -- From dust jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
New Book New Book NMC Library New Book Shelf PZ7 .B7247 Fi 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available Soon 33039001527877

Includes author's note with discussion questions, and excerpt from The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.

"Sometimes you've got a story you need to find the courage to tell." Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Loving, loyal, and fierce, Suki is Dell's own wolf--her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she's always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della's world turns so far upside down, it feels like it's shaking her by the ankles. Maybe it's time to speak up. maybe she's been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it's time to be loud. This powerful, pitch-perfect novel explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse by balancing an intense tale with compassion, insight, and levity, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a fierce and moving story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other. -- From dust jacket.

Accelerated Reader MG+ 3.6 7.0.

American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year, 2021

Newbery Honor, 2021

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2021

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