See No Color
See No Color
By: Shannon Gibney
Library Cat Rating: 😻 😻 😻
VERDICT this is a captivating read for many different reasons. Alex is a fantastic protagonist that female readers 12 and up will be able to identify with. She struggles with the problems many young women face (i.e. a changing body, keeping up with the boys, falling in love), but she also has unique challenges to deal with as a transracial adoptee. This is not a term that I was familiar with prior to this book, but I think it is an important population to have represented in YA fiction. Anyone who has ever questioned who they are or how they fit in with their family and friends will relate to this book, but it also has the ability to speak specifically to an underrepresented population.
VERDICT this is a captivating read for many different reasons. Alex is a fantastic protagonist that female readers 12 and up will be able to identify with. She struggles with the problems many young women face (i.e. a changing body, keeping up with the boys, falling in love), but she also has unique challenges to deal with as a transracial adoptee. This is not a term that I was familiar with prior to this book, but I think it is an important population to have represented in YA fiction. Anyone who has ever questioned who they are or how they fit in with their family and friends will relate to this book, but it also has the ability to speak specifically to an underrepresented population.
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Awards:
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices, Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Minnesota Book Award
Citation:
Gibney, Shannon. (2015). See no color. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Lab.
Annotation:
Alex Kitridge has always defined herself by her ability to play baseball with the boys and not by her transracial adoption. However, when her stats start to fall, she has to redefine herself outside of baseball and that may mean investigating her adoption and connecting with a birth parent.
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices, Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Minnesota Book Award
Citation:
Gibney, Shannon. (2015). See no color. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Lab.
Annotation:
Alex Kitridge has always defined herself by her ability to play baseball with the boys and not by her transracial adoption. However, when her stats start to fall, she has to redefine herself outside of baseball and that may mean investigating her adoption and connecting with a birth parent.
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