Learning Seventeen
Publisher
Ocra Book Publishers
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781459815537
Pages
144 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
New Hope Academy, or, as seventeen-year-old Jane Learning likes to call it, No Hope, is a Baptist reform school where Jane is currently being held captive. Of course, smart, sarcastic Jane has no interest in reforming, failing to see any benefit to pretending to play well with others. But then Hannah shows up, a gorgeous bad girl with fiery hair and an even stormier disposition. She shows Jane how to live a full and fulfilling life even when the world tells you you're wrong, and how to believe in a future outside the "prison" walls. Jane soon learns, though, that Hannah is quietly battling some demons of her own.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL770L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Step parent; Gay/Lesbian; step mother; lesbian; lesbian teenager
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
step mother and father
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Keywords
reform school; Baptist school; running away; friendship; couch surfing; romance; family conflict; Christianity
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Carter, Brooke, "Learning Seventeen" (2018). Diverse Families. 1907.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1907