Standing Against the Wind
New York : Square Fish, 2010.
Format: Book
Edition: First Square Fish edition.
Description: 190 pages ; 21 cm
As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth-grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized.
Subjects:
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
City and town life -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
City and town life -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 780L
ISBN:
0312622937
Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2006.
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner, 2007.
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner, 2007.