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Hurricane Child
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Hurricane Child Hardcover - 2018

by Callender, Kheryn

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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, 12-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.

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Scholastic Press. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.
Used - Very Good
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Details

  • Title Hurricane Child
  • Author Callender, Kheryn
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic Press
  • Date 2018-03-27
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1358818
  • ISBN 9781338129304 / 1338129309
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 1010
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Ethnic Orientation: Caribbean
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Friendship
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Fathers and daughters
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017032545
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the rear cover

Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child.

Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and twelve-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spi

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2018, Page 48
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 03/01/2018, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2018, Page 126
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2018, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2017, Page 127
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/18/2018, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2018, Page 69
  • Shelf Awareness, 03/09/2018, Page 0

About the author

Kacen Callender is a bestselling and award-winning author of multiple novels for children, teens, and adults, including King and the Dragonflies, winner of the National Book Award, Coretta Scott King Honor, and Lambda Literary Award; and Hurricane Child, winner of the Lambda Literary Award and Stonewall Honor Award, and the bestselling novel Felix Ever After. They live in US Virgin Islands.

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