Pieces of Why

by K. L. Going

Paperback, 2016

Status

Available

Genres

Publication

Puffin Books (2016), Edition: Reprint, 240 pages

Description

Twelve-year-old Tia lives in a white slum in New Orleans with her mother, and her whole world revolves around singing in the gospel choir with her best friend, Keisha--but when practice is interrupted by a shooting outside the church, and a baby is killed, Tia finds that she cannot sing, and she is forced to confront her feelings about her incarcerated father who killed a girl in a failed robbery years before.

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Tia, wholives in New Orleans with her mother, loves to sing with her choir. Singing is her favorite thing. But when she learns of an infant's death in a shooting and of the real reason for her father's incarceration her reality is changed, and singing is no longer enough.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

240 p.; 7.73 inches

ISBN

9781338135831
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