Overview
Eleven-year-old Isabellaās parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week sheās 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 sheās 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. And now that her parents are divorced, it seems their fights are even worse, and theyāre always about HER. Isabella feels completely stuck in the middle, split and divided between them more than ever. And she is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad involves more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: itās also about switching identities. Her dad is black, her mom is white, and strangers are always commenting: āYouāre so exotic!ā āYou look so unusual.ā āBut what are you really?ā She knows what theyāre really saying: āYou donāt look like your parents.ā āYouāre different.ā āWhat race are you really?ā And when her parents, who both get engaged at the same time, get in their biggest fight ever, Isabella doesnāt just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if youāre only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole?
It seems like nothing can bring Isabellaās family together againāuntil the worst thing happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired.
This book title, Blended, ISBN: 9781442495012, by Sharon M. Draper, published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (April 7, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days. Expedited shipping is also available.
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