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Camo Girl Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Magoon, Kekla (Author)

ISBN: 1416978054 ISBN-13: 9781416978053
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2012

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2011003153

Age Level: 8-14

Grade Level: 3-9

Lexile Measure: 600(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.31" W x 7.68" L (0.34 lbs) 224 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Nevada
- Locality - Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ethnic Orientation - African American

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 142973
Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
A biracial student questions her identity in this contemporary novel from the author of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award-winning The Rock and the River.

Ella and Z have been friends forever, both of them middle school outsiders in their Las Vegas suburb. Ella is the only black girl in her grade and gets teased for the mottled colors of her face. (Her deceased father was white.) Z is the classic "weird kid" who maintains an elaborate--and public--fantasy life, starring himself as a brave knight.

Though Z is content with his imagined world, Ella wishes for a larger group of friends, so she's thrilled when Bailey, another black kid, arrives at their school. He's popular and wants to befriend Ella--but to join the cool crowd, Ella would have to ditch Z. Does she stay loyal to the boy who has been her best and only friend for years, or jump at the chance to realize her dream of popularity?

Author Kekla Magoon deftly navigates the muddy waters of racial and cultural identities in this contemporary exploration of one girl's attempt to find herself.

Contributor Bio(s): Magoon, Kekla: - Kekla Magoon has worked with youth-serving nonprofit organizations in New York City and Chicago. She holds an MFA in writing for children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and her first novel, The Rock and the River, won the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award for New Talent. She resides in New York City and you can visit her at KeklaMagoon.com.

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