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Title: |
The Quiet You Carry |
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| By (author): |
Nikki Barthelmess |
| ISBN10-13: |
1635830281 : 9781635830286 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
205x135mm |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Weight: |
.331 Kg. |
| Published: |
Flux - March 2019 |
| List Price: |
15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Reprint under Consideration
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| Subjects: |
Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories : PSI: bullying, violence & abuse (Child/Teenage) |
| A powerful, award-winning debut for fans of Amber Smith's The Way I Used To Be. ï"¿ Victoria Parker knew her dad's behavior toward her was a little unusual, but she convinced herself everything was fineâ until she found herself locked out of the house at 3:00 a.m., surrounded by flashing police lights. Now, dumped into a crowded, chaotic foster home, Victoria has to tiptoe around her domineering foster mother, get through senior year at a new school, and somehow salvage her college dreams . . . all while keeping her past hidden. But some secrets won't stay buriedâ especially when unwanted memories make Victoria freeze up at random moments and nightmares disrupt her sleep. Even worse, she can't stop worrying about her stepsister Sarah, left behind with her father. All she wants is to move forward, but how do you focus on the future when the past won't leave you alone? |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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2020 IPPY Award Silver Medalist (Young Adult Fiction)
2020
United States
Runner-up
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2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Gold Medalist (Young Adult Fiction - Mature Issues)
2020
United States
Winner
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"A positive addition to the sparse YA literature on foster care.This hard-to-put-down novel takes on grim topics unflinchingly but also gives readers hope that honesty and kindness will prevail."--Kirkus Reviews
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"This hard-to-put-down novel takes on grim topics unflinchingly but also gives readers hope that honesty and kindness will prevail."--Kirkus Reviews
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"A raw, unflinching work of fiction that delves into the world of foster care." --School Library Journal
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"A thought-provoking story about abuse and the importance of speaking out." --Foreword Reviews
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"As beautiful as it is heartbreaking." --Eric Smith, author of The Girl and the Grove
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"This work of fiction, born of a searing moment in the lives of too many young girls, will get under your skin. Barthelmess's story arrives right on time with a character who is trembling, yet defiant." --Nikki Grimes, 2017 Winner of the Children's Literature Legacy Award and author of the best-selling Bronx Masquerade
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"Barthelmess crafts a stunning story of one girl's fight against a system and a father, and her triumphant resilience in the face of trauma." --Mark Oshiro, author of Anger is a Gift
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"Nikki Barthelmess’s The Quiet You Carry is an honest, thoughtful story about a young woman coming to terms with a lifetime of abuse. Victoria’s life changed overnight. Her father threw her out of her house over what she chooses to believe is a misunderstanding. She goes to a foster home in a new town where she knows no one. Her new school is small, and though she does make two new friends, Christina and Kale, she is determined to keep her circumstances a secret.
Characters’ situations highlight social complexities—like those of Victoria’s foster sisters, Lizzie and Jaimie. All three girls seem to have been failed by the system. Mindy, Victoria’s overburdened caseworker, and Connie, her foster mother, offer little in the way of hope or comfort, though neither is heartless. Through their painful and believable situations comes an unflinching glimpse at life in foster care. Victoria is a senior—there are just a few more months until she can start a new life. As she processes the events that brought her to this new place, she begins to worry for the well being of her stepsister, Sarah, and to face the painful truths about her past. Victoria is a complex and interesting character. The conflict in her inner dialogue is central to the story––a highly effective vehicle for exploring the complicated reasons that she chooses to protect her abuser. As Victoria recalls past traumas, she realizes that staying quiet and hiding her pain will not make anything better. The Quiet You Carry is a thought-provoking story about abuse and the importance of speaking out." - Catherine Thureson, Foreword (March/April 2019)
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"To her confusion, 17-year-old Victoria is ripped from her father and stepmother's home in Reno by Child Protective Services in the middle of the night. Placed in foster care, she must focus on completing high school and applying for college while wrestling with whether to share the truth of what happened that night with anyone. It's clear from early on that Victoria's father accused her of making sexual advances on him, but what is not clear and helps create suspense is why her father now wants her out of his life and whether Victoria will come to terms with the psychological damage from her abuse that initially leads her into denial. At first Victoria tries to keep her foster care status a secret at school, but circumstances make this increasingly difficult. She then starts to consider the danger her 14-year-old stepsister might still be in. Debut novelist Barthelmess has written multifaceted characters that are believable, particularly Victoria, her strict foster mother, and her troubled foster sister, Jamie. Slightly less believable, because they are unfailingly kind, understanding, and wise, are Victoria's new friend Latinx Christina (the sole character of color) and her love interest, a boy named Kale. Victoria's first-person voice is strong and appealing, and her story is a positive addition to the sparse YA literature on foster care. This hard-to-put-down novel takes on grim topics unflinchingly but also gives readers hope that honesty and kindness will prevail. (resources) (Fiction. 12-18)" - Kirkus Reviews
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