Calling My Name - Liara Tamani

Descriere Calling My Name - Liara Tamani

This striking debut is the coming-of-age story of Taja Brown, an African-American girl growing up in a devout family in Houston, Texas. In 54 short, episodic, iridescent chapters, Taja narrates her teenage years as she struggles to figure out life, love, and her own brand of spirituality. \n \nCalling My Name is a treasure.--Nic Stone, New York Times-bestselling author of Dear Martin\n \nCalling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self--ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.\n \nThis unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose.\n \nTold in fifty-three short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school. Literary and noteworthy, this is a beauty of a novel that captures the multifaceted struggle of finding where you belong and why you matter.\n

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Brand

Greenwillow Books

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9780062656872

Magazine

1

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