Pieces of Why
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780147509864
Pages
240 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Tia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tia's dream is to change the world with her voice; and by all accounts, she might be talented enough. But when a shooting happens in her neighborhood and she learns the truth about the crime that sent her father to prison years ago, Tia finds she can't sing anymore.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Single parent; Incarceration; Poverty; single mother; father in prison; children of prisoners; living in poverty; financial hardship; poor
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother / father in prison
Keywords
gospel singers; mothers and daughters; choirs; fathers and daughters; children's choir; tramatic neuroses
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Going, K.L., "Pieces of Why" (2016). Diverse Families. 1249.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1249