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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781664482401
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ISBN: 9781664590236
| Runtime: | 6.80 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
This isn't my home. Haven't had a proper home since...This is just somewhere I'll be resting my bones for a week and maybe a bit. This time next year you'll forget who I am. I haven't got a diddly where I'll be by then. But I'm used to it. New from the UK-based best-selling black British author and winner of the Guardian Children's Book Award, Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the foster care system. It is a wholly modern story which sheds a much-needed light on what can be an unsettling life--and the consequences that follow when children are treated like pawns on a family chessboard. Home Girl is fast-paced and funny, tender, tragic, and full of courage--just like Naomi. It is Alex Wheatle's most moving and personal novel to date.Author
Author Bio: Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle (1963–2025) wrote several bestselling books, including young adult novels and the award-winning Crongton series. His young-adult novel Liccle Bit was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2016, and his 2016 book Crongton Knights won the 50th Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. His body of work was a finalist for the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature. In 2008, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to literature. He is the subject of the historical drama film Alex Wheatle, which is part of filmmaker Steve McQueen’s lauded Small Axe anthology series.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 6.80 |
| Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
| Language: | English |
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