Screen LibraryLife is funny /
Why does Gingerbread always have a smile on his face? "Because life is funny," he tells Keisha. But for her--and almost everyone else in her Brooklyn neighborhood--there doesn't seem to be much to laugh about. China, Ebony, and Grace are best friends, but Grace's mother isn'...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2000 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Atheneum paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
Why does Gingerbread always have a smile on his face? "Because life is funny," he tells Keisha. But for her--and almost everyone else in her Brooklyn neighborhood--there doesn't seem to be much to laugh about. China, Ebony, and Grace are best friends, but Grace's mother isn't crazy about her being friends with two girls who aren't white, and each cut Ebony makes on her wrist seems to drive them even further apart. Just across the school yard there's Eric who has to raise his younger brother Mickey, even though no one expects him to amount to anything. Meanwhile, Sonia's Muslim parents expect |
| Carrier Form: | 281 pages ; 21 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 14+. |
| ISBN: |
9781481431637 : 1481431633 |
| CLC: | I712.84 |
| Call Number: | I712.84/F828 |