Standing Against the Wind

Standing Against the Wind
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 121
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ISBN-10 : 9781429930468
ISBN-13 : 1429930462
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Book Synopsis Standing Against the Wind by : Traci L. Jones

Download or read book Standing Against the Wind written by Traci L. Jones and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother, who called her "cocoa grandbaby." Then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail. Now Patrice lives with her Auntie Mae, and her new nickname is "Puffy" – thanks to her giant poof of hair. But Patrice's hair isn't the only reason she sticks out: she cares about her grades and strives for the best. That's why Monty Freeman, another eighth grader who lives in the building, asks Patrice to tutor his little brother. Even though Monty's friends make Patrice uneasy, Monty himself is friendly, confident, and surprisingly smart. When he becomes her guardian angel, Patrice begins to think something stronger than friendship might be growing between them. Still, nothing will stop her from applying for a scholarship at prestigious Dogwood Academy – her ticket out of the project and a school populated by gangs and drug runners. In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities. Standing Against the Wind is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award.


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