Nowhere special / Matt Wallace.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 241 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780063254008
- 006325400X
- No where special
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction
- Bullies -- Juvenile fiction
- Gangs -- Juvenile fiction
- City and town life -- Juvenile fiction
- Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-defense for children -- Juvenile fiction
- Bullying -- Juvenile fiction
- Family problems -- Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | New | WALLACE MATT | Available | 33111011213374 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Author Matt Wallace delivers a deeply moving story exploring that first formative friendship, navigating challenging family circumstances, and finding hope and strength in a forgotten desert town. Perfect for fans of Ernesto Cisneros and Julie Murphy.
The isolation and bullying Stan suffers at school are nothing compared to the war at home. After he tries and fails to defend his mom by standing up to his abusive father, Stan decides there is only one solution to finding a new self-confidence: he must learn how to fight.
Tragic events have split the two sides of Elpidia's family into fighting factions. Every day she finds herself outnumbered by her cousins on the schoolyard. After the latest beatdown, her grandmother decides Elpidia must learn how to defend herself.
Stan and Elpidia seem like total opposites, but when they both wind up with the same reclusive trainer, they find an unexpected friendship as they work together to overcome their bullies. But when Stan gains the attention of a powerful gang leader, it threatens to pull him away from his new best friend. Will their dreams for the future be enough to get them out of this small town?
Twelve-year-old Stan and Elpidia find hope in an unexpected friendship as they navigate challenging family circumstances and a dangerous local gang in the desolate Southern California desert.
Ages 8-12. Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Grades 4-6. Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.