The Possibility of Somewhere
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781250097354
Pages
308 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Although on opposite sides of every social hierarchy their friends and families can imagine, including race, class, and social status, popular Ash Gupta, the son of wealthy, immigrant Asian-Indian parents, and anti-social Eden Moore, whose biggest goal is to escape her family's poverty and trailer-park existence, grow close as they compete to become class valedictorian.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Adoption; Step parent; Parental rights termination; Poverty; Interracial; Developmental disability; adopted teenager; adoptive step mother; step mother; losing parental rights; living in poverty; impoverished teenager; financial hardship; interracial relationship; autism; autism spectrum disorder; autistic child
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Indian American / White
Family Formation
adoptive step mother and father
Keywords
high school; love; competition; prejudice; teenagers; school projects; trailer park; social hierarchy; valedictorian; college; babysitting
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Day, Julia, "The Possibility of Somewhere" (2016). Diverse Families. 543.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/543