Status
Available
Publication
Balzer Bray (2017), 336 pages
Library's review
"Fabiola Toussaint is a black immigrant girl whose life is flipped upside down when she moves to Detroit, Michigan, from her homeland of Haiti and her mother is detained by ICE, leaving her to go on alone.
Though Fabiola was born in the U.S., she has lived in Haiti since she was an infant, and that
This book will take root in readers’ hearts. (Fiction. 14-adult)" A Starred Kirkus Review. www.kirkusreviews.com
Though Fabiola was born in the U.S., she has lived in Haiti since she was an infant, and that
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has now left her unprepared for life in America. In Detroit, she lives with her aunt Marjorie and her three thoroughly Americanized cousins, Chantal, Primadonna, and Princess. It’s not easy holding on to her heritage and identity in Detroit; Matant Jo fines Fabiola for speaking Creole (though even still “a bit of Haiti is peppered in her English words”), and the gritty streets of Detroit are very different from those of Port-au-Prince. Fabiola has her faith to help keep her grounded, which grows ever more important as she navigates her new school, American society, and a surprising romance—but especially when she is faced with a dangerous proposition that brings home to her the fact that freedom comes with a price. Fabiola’s perceptive, sensitive narration gives readers a keen, well-executed look into how the American dream can be a nightmare for so many. Filling her pages with magic, humanity, tragedy, and hope, Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unforgettable story.This book will take root in readers’ hearts. (Fiction. 14-adult)" A Starred Kirkus Review. www.kirkusreviews.com
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Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 2017)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2020)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2020)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2019)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Almost Made It — 2019)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2019)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — YA Fiction — 2019)
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Winner — 2018)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2018)
CCBC Choices (2018)
Nerdy Book Award (Young Adult Literature — 2017)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2017)
Penn GSE's Best Books for Young Readers (Selection — Young Adult — 2017)
Just One More Page Recommendation List (Young Adult — 2018)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2017
ISBN
0062473042 / 9780062473042