Young Adult Fiction Contemporary
Union
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2022
- Category
- Contemporary, Novels in Verse, Sexual Abuse, Dating & Sex
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 12 to 18
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459834477
- Publish Date
- Sep 2022
- List Price
- $12.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459834491
- Publish Date
- Sep 2022
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
Tuck navigates new love, past trauma and standing up for what's right in this novel in verse.
Grace has caught my eye
I stare and stare
at this girl I’ve missed
since we were five
Abuse at the hands of his mother's boyfriend has left fifteen-year-old Tuck broken and untrusting. But then he falls hard for his childhood friend Grace and starts to imagine a life where he is happy. At the fast-food restaurant where he works, Tuck is asked to explore starting up a union. His new sense of purpose, combined with his growing love for Grace, helps Tuck come to terms with his pain and find the strength to begin the healing process.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
About the author
Les livres de Sara Cassidy ont été finalistes pour de nombreux prix : le Chocolate Lily Award pour Black Gold et Blackberry Juice ; le Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award pour A Boy Named Queen ; le Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize pour Skylark ainsi que le Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. Deux de ses titres, A Boy Named Queen et Double Play, ont été sélectionnés par la Junior Library Guild. Sara Cassidy a publié de nombreux recueils de poésie, œuvres de fiction et ouvrages documentaires pour adultes. Elle vit à Victoria en Colombie-Britannique.
Awards
- Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
- Commended, Top Grade: CanLit for the Classroom
Editorial Reviews
“This brief verse novel packs a punch: The poems are concise yet robust and convey a change in tone from sobering and intense to hopeful...Moving and accessible.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A sweet love story…Recommended.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
“Succinctly told, and packs an emotional punch, exploring the themes of losing and finding one's voice, overcoming trauma, and the healing power of love.”
Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Canadian Children’s Book News
