| Trash Contributor(s): Darrow, Sharon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763626244 ISBN-13: 9780763626242 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 Annotation: Two teen siblings run from foster life -- and find new expression as graffiti artists -- in a stark but hopeful poetic novel. For sixteen-year-old Sissy and her brother Boy, trash is a reminder of one too many sorry foster placements they've endured, a way of life they can't wait to escape. Now on the run in search of their big sister Raynell, ironically they are forced to rely on their trash-picking skills for sustenance and shelter. Reunited at last with Raynell in St. Louis, Boy and Sissy shed their old identities, reinvent themselves as graffiti artists, and splash their new names on city bridges and walls. But one night's expedition goes horribly wrong, and Sissy looks again to trash, this time as the beginning of something artful and beautiful. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006040618 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 8.58" (0.68 lbs) 160 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 107903 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amid gritty free verse, Darrow interweaves beautifully crafted forms such as the villanelle, sestina and pantoum, whose intricate patterns suit Sissy's mournful voice. -- Publishers Weekly For sixteen-year-old Sissy and her brother Boy, trash is a reminder of one too many sorry foster placements they've endured, a way of life they can't wait to escape. Now on the run in search of their big sister Raynell, ironically they are forced to rely on their trash-picking skills for sustenance and shelter. Reunited at last with Raynell in St. Louis, Boy and Sissy shed their old identities, reinvent themselves as graffiti artists, and splash their new names on city bridges and walls. But one night's expedition goes horribly wrong, and Sissy looks again to trash, this time as the beginning of something artful and beautiful. |