Girl in Pieces
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781101934715
Pages
416 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL740L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Family member death; Family violence; Homelessness; Poverty; Mental illness; Physical appearance; death of father; abusive mother; sexual abuse; homeless; living in poverty; starvation; financial hardship; depression; suicidal thoughts and/or tendancies; cutting; scars; self-harm
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
emancipated from parents
Awards
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2017 Teen
Carnegie Medal, 2018, Long List, Children's Book
Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2017-2018, 2nd Place, Grades 9-12
Housatonic Book Awards, 2017, Finalist, Middle Grade/Young Adult
Keywords
abandoned children; self-mutilation; emotional problems; survival; toxic relationships; parasuicide; teenagers; music; travel; art; drawing; friendships
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Glasgow, Kathleen, "Girl in Pieces" (2016). Diverse Families. 1837.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1837