Status
Available
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Publication
Scholastic Inc. (2022), 256 pages
Description
After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never told anybody but now, as she realizes that her grandmother knew, she tries to find the words to tell someone, and the strength to finally confront her abuser.
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Coe Booth brings a wholly sensitive treatment to addressing a very tough topic, the emotional and mental impacts of sexual abuse on a child. Caprice's dread simmers as her story unfolds for readers. For a while we are not sure what has happened but are witness to Caprice's mental state while she
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processes difficult memories brought to the surface when her grandmother becomes ill. This book perceptively models the importance of finding someone trustworthy with whom to share a secret burden. Developmentally appropriate for the targeted age group of older elementary to middle school. Show Less
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Fiction — 2022)
CCBC Choices (2023)
Notable Children's Book (2023)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2023)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2022)
Librarian Favorites Award (2023)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
256 p.; 8.3 inches
ISBN
054593334X / 9780545933346