Keesha's House (Michael L. Printz Honor Book (Awards))
By Helen Frost.
Description
An unforgettable narrative collage told in poemsKeesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can’t make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie’s boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a...
ISBN(s)
0374340641, 9780374340643
