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AUTHOR: Sharon Draper
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2 Peas and a Dog

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Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Sharon M. Draper. Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she’s Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she’s Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. Izzy doesn’t just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? If you’re only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole?

Characters: 43. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction.


 

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