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Publication
Scribner (2008), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 208 pages
Description
In 1974, the first year of busing in Boston, Massachusetts, seventeen-year-old Ann Ahern's lesbianism, which has isolated her from other white students, draws her to her African French teacher and leads her to insights into Blacks' struggles in the post-Civil Rights era.
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LibraryThing member fromthecomfychair
This is a story set in 1974 South Boston, aka "Southie," when the city began busing children to desegregate the schools. It is told by its protagonist, Ann, a resident of Southie, who is also a lesbian. Stephanie Grant weaves a very believable tale about racism, homosexuality, conflict, and change.
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For Ann, It begins with a crush on a black French teacher, who's come to the newly desegrated high school. From there her life changes dramatically, and irrevocably. A good read. Just one detail of this story I'd like to correct--when Ann travels to the Cape from Southie, she drives over the Bourne Bridge. Not likely, from Boston; more likely the Sagamore (all the other geographical details are in place, so it's odd this one is wrong). Show Less
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Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 2009)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Longlist — Fiction — 2009)
Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Read (Longlist) — Fiction — 2009)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Young Adult Fiction — 2009)
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Physical description
197 p.; 8.1 inches
ISBN
1416556222 / 9781416556220
Local notes
OCLC = 393
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