num_pages: 176
description: When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old-and her baby, José, down to Georgia to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There's nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch-and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future.
language: English
title: Like Sisters on the Homefront
titlecomplete: Like Sisters on the Homefront
genres: Banned Books, Cultural, Coming Of Age, Teen, African American, Young Adult, Audiobook, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 1497
places: Georgia
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor
publisher: Puffin Books