Caprice
- Subject
- Social Themes - Sexual Abuse
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Size
- 14.7 cm × 21.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9780545933346
This should be an exciting time for Caprice. She has been offered a place at the school of her dreams, where she's just had a fantastic summer. But this great opportunity coincides with a lot of internal doubt and the disturbing news that her long-estranged grandmother has fallen ill and may be near death. As Caprice tries to figure out her future, she is pulled back toward her past, and the abuse she endured from her uncle when she was little -- an abuse she's never told anyone about.
With extreme sensitivity and honesty for middle-grade readers, Coe Booth has written a painful but ultimately healing novel about finding support from your parents and friends, articulating your truth, and choosing your own path.
About the author
Coe BoothAuthor
Coe Booth is a graduate of The New School's Writing for Children MFA program, and a winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction. She is the author of Tyrell and Kendra, and was born and still lives in the Bronx.
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What reviewers said
A 2007 LA Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Fiction
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
"A gritty and gripping first novel."
"Heartbreakingly realistic... Unlike many books reflecting the contemporary street scene, this one is more than just a pat situation with a glib resolution; it's filled with surprising twists and turns that continue to the end."
"The definitive tale of the modern African American urban youth."
"The author so convincingly grounds her story in Tyrell's tough-talking but vulnerable voice that we are won over to his side."
