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Fighting words

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  • ISBN: 9781984815705
  • ISBN: 1984815709
  • ISBN: 1984815687
  • ISBN: 9781984815682
  • ISBN: 9781984815682
  • ISBN: 1984815687
  • Physical Description: 259, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes author's note with discussion questions.
Summary, etc.: "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. --
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 3.6 7.0.
Awards Note:
Nutmeg Award Nominee, Middle School (Teen), 2024.
Newbery Honor Book, 2021.
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2021
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year, 2021
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2021
Subject: Foster children Fiction
Sex crimes Fiction
Children of prisoners Fiction
Suicide Psychological aspects Fiction
Middle school students Fiction
Sisters Fiction
Foster children Juvenile fiction
Sex crimes Juvenile fiction
Children of prisoners Juvenile fiction
Suicide Psychological aspects Juvenile fiction
Middle school students Juvenile fiction
Sisters Juvenile fiction
Suicidal behavior
Sisters
Sex crimes
Middle school students
Foster children
Children of prisoners
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Sexual Abuse
Prisoners Fiction
Suicide Fiction
Sexual abuse Fiction
Foster home care Fiction
Sisters Fiction
Foster children Juvenile fiction
Sex crimes Juvenile fiction
Children of prisoners Juvenile fiction
Suicidal behavior Juvenile fiction
Middle school students Juvenile fiction
Sisters Juvenile fiction
Genre: Novels.
Social problem fiction.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.
Novels.
Young adult works.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 81 of 88 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Windham Free Library - Windham Center.

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