Welcome to Bordertown
Publisher
Random House
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780375867057
Pages
516 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Stories and poems set in the urban land of Bordertown, a city on the edge of the faerie and human world, populated by human and elfin runaways.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexaulity); Disability and Health; Family member death; Legal guardianship; Kinship care; Incarceration; Family violence; Homelessness; Poverty; Multicultural; Biracial; Race discrimination; Gay/Lesbian; Physical disability; Addiction; death; grief; family tragedy; accident; loss; relative raising relative; aunt raising nephew; uncle raising nephew; prison; jail; teenager in prison; abuse; spousal abuse; homeless; transient; no home; displaced; living in poverty; financial hardship; begging; poor; debt; multicultural community; two races; different races; racism; prejudice; marginilized group of people; gay; lesbian; queer; gay teenager; lesbian teenager; blind; alcoholism; substance abuse
Main Character
male teenager; female teenager; adult male; adult female
Race/Ethnicities
Elves / Humans
Family Formation
mother and father; aunt and uncle; single mother
LGBTQ+
lesbian female; gay male
Awards
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2011
Rainbow List, 2012 Young Adult Fiction
School Library Journal Book Review Stars
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2011
Keywords
humans; elves; half-elves; Bordertown; magic; music; spells; rock music; bars; vampires; journey; curses; werewolf; cafe
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Black, Holly and Kushner, Ellen, "Welcome to Bordertown" (2011). Diverse Families. 1506.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1506