Being Fishkill

von Ruth Lehrer

320 Seiten, Hardcover, ab 13 bis 17 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start.Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother — and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer's young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains "family.” And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Persönliche und soziale Themen Soziale Fragen / Themen Armut / Prekarität
• ISBN: 9780763684426
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2017
• Größe: 213 x 148 mm
• Verlag: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 13 bis 17 Jahre