Standing against the wind
By: Traci L. Jones.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Self-confidence -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Family problems -- Fiction; City and town life -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth-grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized.