Solace of the Road
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9780375893650
Pages
272 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
While running away from a London foster home just before her fifteenth birthday, Holly has ample time to consider her years of residential care and her early life with her Irish mother, whom she is now trying to reach.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL650L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; foster teenager; foster parents; fostering home
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
foster mother and father; ward of the state
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2009
School Library Journal Book Review Stars
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2009
Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults, 2010 Fiction
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2010
Bisto Book of the Year Award, 2009, Honour
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, 2009, Long List
Keywords
children's home; runaway; travel and voyages; hitchhiking; self-actualization; England; different identity; memories
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Dowd, Siobhan, "Solace of the Road" (2009). Diverse Families. 1834.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1834