Being Fishkill

Kids, Teen, Social Issues, General Fiction, Fiction
Cover of the book Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer, Candlewick Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ruth Lehrer ISBN: 9780763697020
Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication: November 14, 2017
Imprint: Candlewick Press Language: English
Author: Ruth Lehrer
ISBN: 9780763697020
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication: November 14, 2017
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Language: English

Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck, and a chance for a new start.

Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen-going-on-fifty, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill’s fierce defenses falter once she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck’s mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill’s unstable mother — and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer’s young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains “family.” And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck, and a chance for a new start.

Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen-going-on-fifty, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill’s fierce defenses falter once she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck’s mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill’s unstable mother — and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer’s young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains “family.” And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.

More books from Candlewick Press

Cover of the book Judy Moody Predicts the Future by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Surfacing by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book When Heaven Fell by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Eli the Good by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Judy Moody and Friends: Searching for Stinkodon by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Sinking the Sultana by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Provocative Reads: Exclusive Candlewick Press Sampler by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Judy Moody, Mood Martian by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Lincoln and His Boys by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book Eden West by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book The Murdstone Trilogy by Ruth Lehrer
Cover of the book The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Ruth Lehrer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy