Sleeping in My Jeans
Connie King Leonard
Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
Beschreibung
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Rollins has it all figured out. She'll ace her advanced high school courses, earn a college scholarship, and create a new life for herself and her family. There's no time for distractions—no friends, no fun, and especially no boys.
But Mattie's brilliant plan crumbles after first becoming homeless, forcing her family to live in the confines of their beat-up station wagon, Ruby, and then the mysterious disappearance of her mother. With life against her at every turn and fewer options every day, Mattie and her kid sister must learn how to live—not just survive—in their uncertain circumstances while racing to discover the truth behind their mother’s disappearance. Mattie will have to find the strength to keep searching for her mother and to keep her dreams alive before they both slip away forever.
Kundenbewertungen
heartbreak, foster care, reconciliation, trauma, poor, Eugene, Oregon, trafficking, substance, diversity, fear, vulnerable population, human, nutrition, resourcefulness, garage, brave, PNW, childhood, University of Oregon, healing, rent, abduction, predator, Pacific NorthWest, courage, at-risk youth, crisis, hardworking, kidnapping, shelters, Subaru, St. Vincent de Paul, food insecurity, stigma, mixed race, survival, tragedy, harassment, streets, daughter, income inequality, sex, happy ending, nontraditional, socially responsible, houselessness, racial discrimination, support system, alcoholism, law enforcement, public library, community, safe space, public assistance, abuse, people of color, unidentified patient, Craigslist, drama, domestic violence, paid showers, bus, coming of age, justice, Springfield, perseverance, strength, panhandling, I-5, dumpster, slavery, dating