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Book Details:

  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 1/7/2010
  • Pages: 208
  • Reading Level: Age 12 and Up

Toswiah Green. Evie Thomas. One girl. Two names. Two lives. When her police officer father witnesses two white cops killing a black boy, he makes the heart-wrenching decision to testify against his former friends. Overnight, thanks to the witness protection program, Toswiah becomes Evie, and she and her circle of relatives leave their idyllic Denver, Colorado, life far at the back of. Toswiah’s in the past happy, lighthearted mother rapidly turns to religion, her big sister makes secret plans to escape the circle of relatives, and her proud father collapses inward to a depressed, almost catatonic state. Adolescent Toswiah–now Evie–copes as best she can, taking up track and field in school, and trying to fathom who she is, and who she is becoming.

Jacqueline Woodson, Coretta Scott King Award-winning writer of Miracle’s Boys and lots of other highly acclaimed titles, delves deep into the perplexed hearts of a circle of relatives that has lost its identity. Toswiah, as a young teenager, used to be already at the verge of shaping her identity as a young woman; with these shattering events, it takes each and every ounce of strength and courage to keep her core intact. (Ages 13 and older) –Emilie Coulter


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