Lawless Spaces

ISBN-10: 153443707X
ISBN-13: 9781534437074
Author: Haydu, Corey Ann
Interest Level: 9-12
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: January 2023

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 512

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Interest Level

Grades 9-12

Reading Level

Lexile: 990L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3
Accelerated Reader Points: 8.0

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Multigenerational *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Sexual Abuse *

Description
This poignant coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal line through their journals and comes to better understand her fraught relationship with her mother. Mimi's relationship with her mother has always been difficult. But lately, her mother has been acting more withdrawn than usual, leaving Mimi to navigate the tricky world of turning sixteen alone. What she doesn't expect is her mother's advice to start journaling-just like all the woman in her family before her. It's a tradition, she says. Expected. But Mimi takes to poetry and with it, a way to write down the realities of growing into a woman, the pains of online bullying, and the new experiences of having a boyfriend. And all in the shadows of a sexual assault case that is everywhere on the news-a case that seems to specifically rattle her mother. Trying to understand her place in the world, Mimi dives into the uncovered journals of her grandmother, great-grandmother, and beyond. She immerses herself in each of their lives, lear
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