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About This Book
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In Janet McDonald's powerful and funny novel, a smart and resilient young woman whose life isn't what she dreamed it would be learns that there are many ways to spell SUCCESS.
Raven's life has been derailed. She never expected she'd be a mother at sixteen like her best friend, Aisha, and she's afraid she's going to be just another high school dropout, a project girl with few prospects. And although Raven is ambitious, when is she going to find the time to finish school in the few minutes she's not looking for a job or caring for her infant son, Smokey?
Then her older sister, Dell, tells her about a spelling bee that promises the winner enrollment in a college prep program and a scholarship. But spelling? There isn't a subject she's worse at! Still, Raven is fiercely determined to win, and so she starts memorizing words.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN
9781466800564
In The News
“With the story of Raven Jefferson, McDonald give us everything: spirit, humor, heartbreak, and a unique inspiration.” - Sarah Dessen, New York Times-bestselling author of What Happened to Goodbye
“One of the best of the many recent stories about teens in the city projejcts, this first novel is read-aloud funny, even as it tells the harsh truth about how hard it is to break free.” —Starred, Booklist