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The Orange Houses /

Tamika, a fifteen-year-old hearing-impaired girl, Jimmi, an eighteen-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and sixteen-year-old Fatima, an illegal immigrant from Africa, meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood, with devastating results.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Griffin, Paul, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dial Books, [2009]
Subjects:
Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction.
Hearing impaired > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Veterans > Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness > Juvenile fiction.
Illegal aliens > Juvenile fiction.
Africans > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Hearing impaired > Fiction.
People with disabilities > Fiction.
Veterans > Fiction.
Mental illness > Fiction.
Illegal aliens > Fiction.
Africans > United States > Fiction.
Teenage misfits > Fiction.
Violence > Fiction.
Homeless veterans > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
Realistic fiction.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
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Description
Summary:Tamika, a fifteen-year-old hearing-impaired girl, Jimmi, an eighteen-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and sixteen-year-old Fatima, an illegal immigrant from Africa, meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood, with devastating results.
Physical Description:147 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780803733466 (hardcover)
0803733461 (hardcover)