| Author: | Janet McDonald | ISBN: | 9781466800564 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | Publication: | August 2, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | Language: | English |
| Author: | Janet McDonald |
| ISBN: | 9781466800564 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Publication: | August 2, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Language: | English |
A fresh new voice on the YA scene.
Raven's life has been derailed. She never expected she'd be a mother at sixteen like her best friend, Aisha, and she's afraid she's going to be just another high school dropout, a project girl with few prospects. And although Raven is ambitious, when is she going to find the time to finish school in the few minutes she's not looking for a job or caring for her infant son, Smokey? Then her older sister, Dell, tells her about a spelling bee that promises the winner enrollment in a college prep program and a scholarship. But spelling? There isn't a subject she's worse at! Still, Raven is fiercely determined to win, and so she starts memorizing words.
In Janet McDonald's powerful and funny novel, a smart and resilient young woman whose life isn't what she dreamed it would be learns that there are many ways to spell SUCCESS.
A fresh new voice on the YA scene.
Raven's life has been derailed. She never expected she'd be a mother at sixteen like her best friend, Aisha, and she's afraid she's going to be just another high school dropout, a project girl with few prospects. And although Raven is ambitious, when is she going to find the time to finish school in the few minutes she's not looking for a job or caring for her infant son, Smokey? Then her older sister, Dell, tells her about a spelling bee that promises the winner enrollment in a college prep program and a scholarship. But spelling? There isn't a subject she's worse at! Still, Raven is fiercely determined to win, and so she starts memorizing words.
In Janet McDonald's powerful and funny novel, a smart and resilient young woman whose life isn't what she dreamed it would be learns that there are many ways to spell SUCCESS.
