Silhouetted by the blue
By: Traci L. Jones
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux; Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780374369149
Subjects: Theater; Middle schools; Mental Depression; Family problems; Fiction; Grief; Schools; African Americans
Description: After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the lead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself and her younger brother when their father cannot pull himself out of his depression.