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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 7-9–At a young age, Kendall, now 17, lost her parents and younger brother in a car accident. Her grandmother has raised her in Chicago, in a modest apartment, the best way she knows how. Despite having recently suffered a stroke, the woman doesn't want her health to stand in the way of Kendall graduating with the rest of her class. When G'ma dies, the teen finds herself in search of the only family she knows of, an Aunt Janet in New Orleans, who has the reputation of being unreliable. Kendall can't locate her aunt, but is befriended by Clare, Janet's landlord, and Evie, Clare's daughter. Her relationship with Evie is rocky at first, until both girls learn to look beyond their own problems and help one another. Sonorous blues tunes from Sarah Vaughn, memories of her family before the accident, and recollections of moments spent with G'ma make Kendall's story real. This is a touching novel of a teen left behind by circumstance and a relative who fails her. In the end, Kendall is on her own, working, and holding hope for the future.–Kelly Czarnecki, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg, NC
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Gr. 7-10. Since her parents and little brother died in a car crash when she was five, African American Kendall has been raised by tough, loving G'ma. But when G'ma dies, Kendall, 17, must cope alone. Though she knows very little about her aunt Janet, G'ma's "other daughter," Kendall decides to go to New Orleans to find her. Why did Janet leave home? Why does she run from Kendall now? When Kendall reaches New Orleans, she is taken in by Janet's neighbor, a kind white woman who needs a caregiver for her disabled teenage daughter, Evie. Evie is as tough and smart as she is physically needy, and the teens' growing friendship is drawn without sentimentality; the girls quarrel and help each other in their pride and loneliness. The mystery surrounding Janet will draw readers in, and as the revelations build to a quiet climax, the warm characters redefine what family means. Recommend I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (1994), by Jacqueline Woodson, for readers wanting another story about an interracial friendship. Hazel Rochman
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Grade 7-9–At a young age, Kendall, now 17, lost her parents and younger brother in a car accident. Her grandmother has raised her in Chicago, in a modest apartment, the best way she knows how. Despite having recently suffered a stroke, the woman doesn't want her health to stand in the way of Kendall graduating with the rest of her class. When G'ma dies, the teen finds herself in search of the only family she knows of, an Aunt Janet in New Orleans, who has the reputation of being unreliable. Kendall can't locate her aunt, but is befriended by Clare, Janet's landlord, and Evie, Clare's daughter. Her relationship with Evie is rocky at first, until both girls learn to look beyond their own problems and help one another. Sonorous blues tunes from Sarah Vaughn, memories of her family before the accident, and recollections of moments spent with G'ma make Kendall's story real. This is a touching novel of a teen left behind by circumstance and a relative who fails her. In the end, Kendall is on her own, working, and holding hope for the future.–Kelly Czarnecki, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg, NC
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Gr. 7-10. Since her parents and little brother died in a car crash when she was five, African American Kendall has been raised by tough, loving G'ma. But when G'ma dies, Kendall, 17, must cope alone. Though she knows very little about her aunt Janet, G'ma's "other daughter," Kendall decides to go to New Orleans to find her. Why did Janet leave home? Why does she run from Kendall now? When Kendall reaches New Orleans, she is taken in by Janet's neighbor, a kind white woman who needs a caregiver for her disabled teenage daughter, Evie. Evie is as tough and smart as she is physically needy, and the teens' growing friendship is drawn without sentimentality; the girls quarrel and help each other in their pride and loneliness. The mystery surrounding Janet will draw readers in, and as the revelations build to a quiet climax, the warm characters redefine what family means. Recommend I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (1994), by Jacqueline Woodson, for readers wanting another story about an interracial friendship. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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