Starting from Here
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781477847541
Pages
282 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Sixteen-year-old Colby is barely hanging on with her mother dead, her long-haul trucker father often away, her almost-girlfriend dumping her for a boy, and her failing grades, when a stray dog appears and helps her find hope.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Family member death; Single parent; Gay/Lesbian; death of a mother; grief; single father; homosexual; lesbian teenager; same sex relationship
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single father
LGBTQ+
female/female
Keywords
teenage girls; dating; high school; fathers and daughters; dogs; truck driver; injured dog; personal walls
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Jenn, Lisa Jenn, "Starting from Here" (2016). Diverse Families. 1311.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1311