Box Girl
Illustrator
Janet Wilson
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780888994073
Pages
181 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Gwen, confident her mother who ran away five years earlier is going to return soon and take her to live in France, decides not to make any friends, but her plans fall through when Clara, a new eighth-grader, insists on being friends, and together the two sort out their place with friends, school, and family.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Single parent; Gay/Lesbian; single father; gay; gay father; same-sex relationship
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single father
LGBTQ+
gay males
Awards
Our Choice, 2002 Canadian Children's Book Centre
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
mothers and daughters; postcards; friendship; family; free spirit; Canada; France; secrets; abandoned by mother
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Withrow, Sarah, "Box Girl" (2001). Diverse Families. 72.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/72