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Like Sisters on the Homefront
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Like Sisters on the Homefront Paperback - 1998

by Rita Williams-Garcia

When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old--and her baby, Jose--down to Georgia to live with relatives. There's nothing to do and nowhere to go. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch--and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future. A 1996 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year.


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When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old?and her baby, Jose?down to Georgia, to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There?s nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch?and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future. ?Williams-Garcia has surpassed herself.?She has set these fictional characters? firmly in the real world while still allowing them to rise from the pages and into readers? hearts and imaginations.? ?The Horn Book, starred review

First line

THE FIRST TIME Gayle slammed the bathroom door, her mother let it go.

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  • Title Like Sisters on the Homefront
  • Author Rita Williams-Garcia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date February 1, 1998
  • ISBN 9780140385618 / 0140385614
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 4.3 x 0.6 in (17.78 x 10.92 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 10 to UP years
  • Grade levels 5 - UP
  • Reading level 750
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Georgia, African Americans - Georgia
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/1999, Page 1935
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/09/1998, Page 0

About the author

Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) is an American writer of young adult novels. She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book One Crazy Summer. She won the PEN/Norma Klein Award. Her book P.S. Be Eleven won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2014. In 2016 her book Gone Crazy in Alabama won the Coretta Scott King Award.
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