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Fighting words / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.

Summary:

Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1984815687
  • ISBN: 9781984815682
  • ISBN: 1984815709
  • ISBN: 9781984815705
  • Physical Description: 259 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Paging and publisher may vary.
Includes author's note with discussion questions.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 3.6 7 509591.
Awards Note:
Newberry Honor Book, 2021.
Kirkus prize finalist.
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2021.
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year, 2021.
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2021
Subject: Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Middle school students > Juvenile fiction.
Suicidal behavior > Juvenile fiction.
Children of prisoners > Juvenile fiction.
Sex crimes > Juvenile fiction.
Foster children > Juvenile fiction.
Sexual violence.
Genre: Social problem fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 75 of 78 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 78 total copies.
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Marion Library YA BRA (Text) 37810435769442 Young Adult Fiction Available -