The Porcupine of Truth
New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 325 pages ; 22 cm
Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.
Subjects:
Dysfunctional families -- Teen fiction.
Children of alcoholics -- Teen fiction.
African American teenage girls -- Teen fiction.
Friendship -- Teen fiction.
Family problems -- Teen fiction.
Alcoholism -- Teen fiction.
Billings (Mont.) -- Teen fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Teen fiction.
Children of alcoholics -- Teen fiction.
African American teenage girls -- Teen fiction.
Friendship -- Teen fiction.
Family problems -- Teen fiction.
Alcoholism -- Teen fiction.
Billings (Mont.) -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: HL670L
ISBN:
9780545648936 (alk. paper)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Konigsberg | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Fiction | In |
TF Konigsberg | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Fiction | In |
Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, 2016.