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Author:

Velasquez, Gloria L., author.

Title:

Zakiya's enduring wounds / Gloria L. Vel©Łsquez.

Publisher:

Pi©łata Booksan imprint of Arte P©ðblico Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

161 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Parents--Death--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
California--Fiction.
Cutting (Self-mutilation)--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
Fathers--Death--Fiction.
Cutting (Self-mutilation)--Fiction.
California--Fiction.
Families.
Hispanic Americans.
California.
Cutting (Self-mutilation)
High schools.
Parents--Death.
Novels.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

"Zakiya, a sophomore at Roosevelt High School, has settled into the new school year. She loves her friends, the volleyball team and her dance class. There's even a cute guy she has her eye on. But her world falls apart when her dad dies unexpectedly. Zakiya had a special relationship with her father and is completely devastated by his death. After the funeral, her friends and family try to console her, but Zakiya pushes them away. She just wants to be alone. She quits the volleyball team, shuts down the boy she once dreamed of dating and even skips school. When she experiences a frightening episode of anxiety, she discovers that cutting herself helps to relieve the pain. Will she ever learn how to deal with her grief and sense of loss? Zakiya's Enduring Wounds is the eleventh novel in Gloria L. Vel©Łsquez's popular Roosevelt High School Series, which features a multiracial group of teenage students who must individually confront social and cultural issues (such as violence, sexuality and prejudice)."-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Roosevelt High School series ; 11
Velasquez, Gloria L. Roosevelt High School series ; 11
Vel©Łsquez, Gloria L. Roosevelt High School series.

ISBN:

9781558859432
1558859438

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1285551707

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)