A Place to Call Home
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication Year
1997
ISBN
9780689813955
Pages
250 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Biracial Anna, 15, is a strong character in search of love & roots following sexual abuse & rejection from her own family. Caring for her two younger siblings after their unreliable mother abandons them, fifteen-year-old Anna discovers the difficulties of trying to be a parent.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Foster care; Kinship care; Family member death; Poverty; Biracial; foster children; foster teenager; foster home; foster family; sister raising siblings; death of a mother; death of a father; impoverished family; biracial teenager
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
sister as a mother; foster mother and father
Awards
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2002 Relationships: Friends and Families
Keywords
family abuse; sisters; abandoned; suicide; Mississippi; social services; dating; secrets
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Koller, Jackie French, "A Place to Call Home" (1997). Diverse Families. 668.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/668