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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ? This ?lyrical, insightful, and searing? (Teen Vogue) novel-in-verse follows an eldest daughter on her journey as she bears the weight of others? expectations and finds the courage to shape a life of her own.?This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up.??The New York Times?A story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially.??Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down?Ada? means first daughter, means oldest girl, means pressure. ?Ada? means you are expected to do a lot of things because the honor of this family rests on your back. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it?s the first time she?s ever been so far from her family?and the first time that she?s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past?her mother?s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father?s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD HONOREE.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ? This ?lyrical, insightful, and searing? (Teen Vogue) novel-in-verse follows an eldest daughter on her journey as she bears the weight of others? expectations and finds the courage to shape a life of her own.?This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up.??The New York Times?A story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially.??Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down?Ada? means first daughter, means oldest girl, means pressure. ?Ada? means you are expected to do a lot of things because the honor of this family rests on your back. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it?s the first time she?s ever been so far from her family?and the first time that she?s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past?her mother?s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father?s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD HONOREE.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ? This ?lyrical, insightful, and searing? (Teen Vogue) novel-in-verse follows an eldest daughter on her journey as she bears the weight of others? expectations and finds the courage to shape a life of her own.?This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up.??The New York Times?A story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially.??Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down?Ada? means first daughter, means oldest girl, means pressure. ?Ada? means you are expected to do a lot of things because the honor of this family rests on your back. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it?s the first time she?s ever been so far from her family?and the first time that she?s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past?her mother?s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father?s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD HONOREE.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Every Body Looking is a heavily autobiographical novel of a young woman?s struggle to carve a place for herself - for her black female body - in a world of deeply conflicting messages. Told entirely in verse, Ada?s story encompasses her earliest memories as a child, including her abuse at the hands of a young cousin, her mother?s rejection and descent into addiction, and her father?s attempts to create a home for his American daughter more like the one he knew in Nigeria. The present-tense of the book is Ada?s first year at Howard University in Washington DC, where she must finally confront the fundamental conflict between who her family says she should be and what her body tells her she must be. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Condition: Good. From Printz honoree and National Book Award finalist Candice Iloh, a verse novel about Cerulean Gene, a nonbinary Black teenager searching for a new way to do more than survive in post-pandemic America.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ? This ?lyrical, insightful, and searing? (Teen Vogue) novel-in-verse follows an eldest daughter on her journey as she bears the weight of others? expectations and finds the courage to shape a life of her own.?This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up.??The New York Times?A story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially.??Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down?Ada? means first daughter, means oldest girl, means pressure. ?Ada? means you are expected to do a lot of things because the honor of this family rests on your back. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it?s the first time she?s ever been so far from her family?and the first time that she?s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past?her mother?s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father?s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD HONOREE.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ? This ?lyrical, insightful, and searing? (Teen Vogue) novel-in-verse follows an eldest daughter on her journey as she bears the weight of others? expectations and finds the courage to shape a life of her own.?This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up.??The New York Times?A story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially.??Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down?Ada? means first daughter, means oldest girl, means pressure. ?Ada? means you are expected to do a lot of things because the honor of this family rests on your back. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it?s the first time she?s ever been so far from her family?and the first time that she?s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past?her mother?s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father?s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD HONOREE.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ? This ?lyrical, insightful, and searing? (Teen Vogue) novel-in-verse follows an eldest daughter on her journey as she bears the weight of others? expectations and finds the courage to shape a life of her own.?This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up.??The New York Times?A story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially.??Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down?Ada? means first daughter, means oldest girl, means pressure. ?Ada? means you are expected to do a lot of things because the honor of this family rests on your back. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it?s the first time she?s ever been so far from her family?and the first time that she?s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past?her mother?s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father?s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD HONOREE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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