num_pages: 384
description: This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown a young African American girl growing up in Houston Texas and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up battling family expectations discovering a sense of self and finding a unique voice and purpose.Told in fifty-three short episodic moving and iridescent chapters Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school.
language: English
title: Calling My Name
publisher: Greenwillow Books