Name: American Street von Ibi Zoboi
SKU: 9780062473059
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American Street Zusammenfassung

American Street Ibi Zoboi

A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews and multiple awards!

A New York Times Notable Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book Of All Time* Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year

An evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jason Reynolds

In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.

On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie-a good life.

But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own.

Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?

American Street Bewertungen

Self-assured, elegant and utterly captivating. - New York Times Mixing gritty street life with the tenderness of first love, Haitian Vodou, and family bonds, the book is at once chilling, evocative, and reaffirming. - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Filling her pages with magic, humanity, tragedy, and hope, Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unforgettable story. This book will take root in readers' hearts. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Zoboi urges us to examine the American dream to see if there is room within it to hold the ones we love - Ebony Magazine Zoboi's stunning debut intertwines mysticism and love with grit and violence...Fierce and beautiful. - Booklist (starred review) Will reach young readers regardless of their background. - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) A breathtaking story about contemporary America that will serve as a mirror to some and a window for others, and it will stay with anyone who reads it. - School Library Journal (starred review) A poignant meditation on one girl's struggle to find her way in a new world. - Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. Brimming with culture, magic, warmth, and unabashed rawness, American Street is ultimately a blistering tale of humanity. This is Manchild in the Promised Land, for a new generation, and a remarkable debut from Zoboi, who without question is an inevitable force in storytelling. - Jason Reynolds, award-winning co-author of ALL AMERICAN BOYS Zoboi's nascent storytelling gifts ensnare from page one. To this spellbinding voice of the next generation, I bow. - Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award Following in the footsteps of Edwidge Danticat, Zoboi's young adult debut is equal parts gritty and transcendent. - The Horn Book A refreshing take on a common literary preoccupation, the American dream...fascinating and beautiful. - Vox

Über Ibi Zoboi

Ibi Zoboi holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her novel American Street was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book. She is also the author of Pride and My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, a New York Times bestseller. She is the editor of the anthology Black Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR009874873

ISBN 13

9780062473059

ISBN 10

0062473050

Titel

American Street Ibi Zoboi

Autor

Ibi Zoboi

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Datum

20180712

Anzahl der Seiten

352

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