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Author Smith, Colby Cedar, author.

Title Call me Athena, girl from Detroit : a novel in verse / Colby Cedar Smith.

Publication Info. Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2021]
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Teen New Materials  TEEN FICTION SMITH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN FIC SMIT    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Teen  TEEN SMITH    Check Shelf
Description 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Age group Early Adolescents ericd
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-562).
Summary "This novel in verse captures one young woman's struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit"--Back cover.
Audience Grades 7-9.
Summary Detroit, 1930s. Mary, the American-born daughter of Greek and French immigrants, lives in a tiny apartment with her parents, her brothers, and her twin sister. She questions why her parents ever came to America, while yearning for true love, to own her own business, and to be an independent, modern American woman. Flashbacks to her parents' childhoods connect their stories with Mary's: issues of arranged marriage, learning about independence, and yearning to grow beyond one's own culture. -- adapted from back cover
Subject Young women -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Young women -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
Michigan -- Detroit. (OCoLC)fst01205010
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Young adult fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Young adult works. (OCoLC)fst01726790
Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781524865603 (hardcover : trade)
1524865605 (hardcover : trade)
9781524865450 (paperback)
1524865451 (paperback)
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