Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
A girl in three parts
Call Number
- FICTION DANI TEEN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First American edition.
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Physical Description
316 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Grades 7-9. Alfred A. Knopf.
Summary
In 1970s Australia, sixth-grader Allegra splits herself between her grandmothers and grieving father until the tragedy that created the rift between them puts her in the hospital.
Australia, 1970s. Some days Allegra Elsom is torn between conflicting loyalties to her grandmothers, Matilde and Joy, and her father, Rick-- none of whom can stand to be in a room together since the decades-old tragedy that hit their family like a wrecking ball. Struggling to make peace in her family and navigate the social gauntlet at school , she also wonders what it means to "do the right thing" when everyone around her defines it differently? As the feminist movement reshapes her Sydney suburb, Allegra discovers the many ways women can support each other, and finds strength within herself to stand up to the people she loves. -- adapted from jacket.
Subjects
- Dysfunctional families > Juvenile fiction.
- Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
- Fathers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
- Women's rights > Juvenile fiction.
- Family life > Australia > Fiction.
- Grandmothers > Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
- Women's rights > Fiction.
- Australia > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
- Australia > History > 20th century > Fiction.