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Summary:

Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.

Author/Creator:

Callender, Kheryn , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Hurricane child [by Callender, K.]

Subjects:

African American girls — Juvenile fiction

Mothers and daughters — Juvenile fiction

Missing persons — Juvenile fiction

Fathers and daughters — Juvenile fiction

Friendship — Juvenile fiction

Hurricanes — Juvenile fiction

Acting out (Psychology) — Juvenile fiction

United States Virgin Islands — Juvenile fiction

African American lesbians — Juvenile fiction

African American girls

Mothers and daughters

Missing persons

Fathers and daughters

Friendship

Hurricanes

Acting out (Psychology)

African American lesbians

United States Virgin Islands

United States

Genres:

Bildungsromans

Fantasy fiction

Juvenile works

Fiction

General Notes:

Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018

Audience:

Children
Preteens
Children

Physical Description:

214 pages ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

JFic C158hu

ISBNs:

9781338129304 (hardcover, alkaline paper)
1338129309 (hardcover, alkaline paper)

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40028720022

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017032545

OCLC Numbers:

1000585897