She Loves You, She Loves You Not...
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780316078740
Pages
278 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When seventeen-year-old Alyssa is disowned by her father for being a lesbian, she is sent off to a small town in Colorado to live with the mother she has never known, where she is forced to come to terms with herself and her family.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Family Relationships; Gay/Lesbian; Divorce; Step parent; homosexual; lesbian; lesbian teenager; same sex relationship; divorced parents; step mother
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother; father and step mother
LGBTQ+
female/female
Keywords
Colorado; mothers; family problems; kicked out; biological mother; new home
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Peters, Julie Anne, "She Loves You, She Loves You Not..." (2011). Diverse Families. 1317.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1317