Title Songs of Irie / Asha Ashanti Bromfield.

Publication Info.	New York : Wednesday Books, 2023.
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Location	Call No.	Status
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult New Books	YA BROMFIELD ASHA	Check Shelf
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Young Adult New Books	Y BROMFIELD	DUE 04-15-24
Simsbury Public Library - Teen	NEW TEEN BROMFIELD, ASHA	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Teen New Materials	YA BROMFIELD ASHA	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	384 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience	Ages 13-18. Wednesday Books.
Summary	During the political turmoil in 1976 Jamaica, Irie and Jilly must navigate their opposing upbringings as they fall in love and choose between the futures decided for them and the futures they desire.
	It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain safe behind gates. But the two bond through a shared love of Reggae music, spending time together at Irie's father's record store, listening to so-called rebel music that opens Jilly's mind to a sound and a way of thinking she's never heard before. As tensions build in the streets, so do tensions between the two girls. A budding romance between them complicates things further as the push and pull between their two lives becomes impossible to bear. For Irie, fighting--with her words and her voice--is her only option. Blood is shed on the streets in front of her every day. She has no choice. But Jilly can always choose to escape. Can their bond survive this impossible divide?
Subject	Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
	Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.
	Reggae music -- Juvenile fiction.
	Lesbian teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
	Social classes -- Juvenile fiction.
	Rastafari movement -- Juvenile fiction.
	Jamaica -- History -- 1962- -- Juvenile fiction.
	Jamaica -- Juvenile fiction.
	Friendship -- Fiction.
	Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
	Reggae music -- Fiction.
	Lesbians -- Fiction.
	Social classes -- Fiction.
	Rastafari movement -- Fiction.
	Jamaica -- History -- 1962- -- Fiction.
	Jamaica -- Fiction.
	Lesbian youth.
	LGBTQ+ youth.
Genre/Form	Lesbian romance fiction.
	LGBTQ+ romance fiction.
	Lesbian fiction.
	Bildungsromans.
	Romance fiction.
	Historical fiction.
	Novels.
ISBN	9781250846808 (hardcover)
	1250846803 (hardcover)

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