The Rope Walk: A Novel
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publication Year
2007
ISBN
9780375424632
Pages
321 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
At her tenth birthday party, Alice, a motherless young girl protected by her family, encounters two people that change her life--Theo, a biracial boy from New York City, and Kenneth, an artist suffering from the ravages of AIDS.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Single parent; Biracial; Illness; single father; biracial child; mixed race; AIDS
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
multiple
Keywords
intergenerational relations; friendship; professor; birthday party; Vermont; coming of age
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Brown, Carrie, "The Rope Walk: A Novel" (2007). Diverse Families. 207.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/207