Harbor Me

Harbor MeA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jacqueline Woodson's first middle grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.

It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: 08/28/2018
ISBN: 9780399252525
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 94
Publishers Weekly 05/21/2018
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2018 pg. 129
Booklist 07/01/2018 pg. 55
School Library Journal 08/01/2018 pg. 70
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2018
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2018 pg. 70
Shelf Awareness 09/04/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 196472 / Harbor Me
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4