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Author:

Griffin, Paul, 1966-

Title:

The Orange Houses / Paul Griffin.

Publisher:

Speak,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2009

Description:

147, 7 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Hearing impaired--Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Veterans--Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness--Juvenile fiction.
Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction.
Africans--Juvenile fiction.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Hearing impaired--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Veterans--Fiction.
Mental illness--Fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Africans--Fiction.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes discussion questions.

Summary:

Tamika, a fifteen-year-old hearing-impaired girl, Jimmi, an eighteen-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and sixteen-year-old Fatima, an illegal immigrant from Africa, meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood, with devastating results.

ISBN:

0142419826 (pbk.)
9780142419823 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)706018268

Locations:

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)