num_pages: 353
description: A debut novel explores the complications of race through the story of two daughters--one light-skinned and the other dark-skinned--of a black father and a white mother, who become torn apart by racial allegiances. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Caucasia
titlecomplete: Caucasia
characters: Cole Lee, Sandy Lodge Lee, Deck Lee, Birdie Lee
genres: Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Adult, Adult Fiction, School, African American, Race, Novels, Fiction
ratings_count: 8685
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Riverhead Hardcover