The Road to Paris
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780399245374
Pages
153 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Lexile Measure
700L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Foster care; Biracial; foster parents; foster child; foster home; biracial child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
foster mother and father
Awards
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2006
Booklist Top 10 Black History Books for Youth, 2007
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, Supplement, 2007
Choices, 2007
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Supplement to Ninth Edition, 2007
New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2006
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Coretta Scott King Book Award, 2007, Honor Book, Author
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, 2007, Honor Book
Keywords
brother; sister; anxiety; separation from family; drinking; family services; new school; God
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Grimes, Nikki, "The Road to Paris" (2006). Diverse Families. 798.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/798