Every Body Looking
Author: Candice Iloh
Category: Other2
Published: 2020
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Read OnlineEvery Body Looking is a debut novel in verse in the style of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds. Candice Iloh's book tells the story of Ada—daughter of an immigrant father and an African American mother—and her struggle to find a place for herself in America and in her own family."This is a story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set on the backs of first generation children, the pressures woven into the family dynamic, culturally and socially. About childhood secrets with sharp teeth. And ultimately, about a liberation that taunts every young person."—New York Times bestselling author Jason ReynoldsEvery Body Looking is a heavily autobiographical novel of a young woman's struggle to carve a place for herself—for her black female body—in a world of deeply conflicting messages.Told entirely in verse, Ada's story encompasses her earliest memories as a child, including her abuse at the...
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