num_pages: 176
description: When street-smart Gayle, a tough African-American fourteen-year-old from New York, moves with her new baby to stay with relatives down South, she starts to learn a lot about family traditions and connections.
language: English
title: Like Sisters on the Homefront
titlecomplete: Like Sisters on the Homefront
genres: Fiction, Cultural, Coming Of Age, Teen, Young Adult, Audiobook, Banned Books, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, African American
ratings_count: 1497
places: Georgia
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor
publisher: Dutton Juvenile