The stars at Oktober Bend.
The stars at Oktober Bend.
By
:
Millard, Glenda.
Publication Date
:
2016
Subject Term
:
Mute persons -- Fiction.
Child soldiers -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Wounds and injuries -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Teenagers -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
People with mental disabilities -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Genre
:
Love stories.
Summary
:
Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chip shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken: he was once a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with new people who will care for him, he spends time exploring on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up. And he knows the words by heart. When Manny and Alice meet, their relationship brings the beginning of love and healing.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780763692728
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. George's (WSG) | YA Fic | YA Fiction | FIC MIL | Checked In |
Torbay (ATO) | YA Fic | YA Fiction | FIC MIL | Checked In |