Title
Saint Iggy
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages
272 pages
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780152062484
Genre
realism
Topic
Family Relationships; Poverty; living in poverty; impoverished family; poor
Annotation
Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
Grade Level
9-12
Family Formation
mother and father
Main Character
boy
Diversity Impact
direct
Race/Ethnicities
White
Awards
Blue Hen Book Award, 2008, Winner, Teen; Thumbs Up! Award, 2007, Nominee
Keywords
conduct of life; drug abuse; dysfunctional families; drug abuse
Item Type
Fiction
Format
novel
STARS Citation
Going, K. L., "Saint Iggy" (2008). DIVerse Families. 915.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/915