Family belonging and resentment
Keysha moves from the threat of foster care to her previously unknown father’s affluent household, while remembering the hardship she and her mother experienced.
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Earl Sewell - Author
This is a family drama about belonging, resentment and difficult choices. Keysha’s move to her previously unknown father’s household and her involvement with a rough crowd place her past and present circumstances in tension.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a family drama about belonging, resentment and difficult choices. Keysha’s move to her previously unknown father’s household and her involvement with a rough crowd place her past and present circumstances in tension.
Keysha moves from the threat of foster care to her previously unknown father’s affluent household, while remembering the hardship she and her mother experienced.
Keysha joins a rough crowd and does whatever she wants, while the synopsis indicates that what she wants later changes.
Keysha joins a rough crowd, while Wesley is introduced as someone with a bad reputation who has turned his life around and tries to help her.
Consider whether the treatment of foster-care uncertainty, family separation, peer pressure and involvement with a rough crowd suits the reader’s current circumstances.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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Keysha's Drama | 9780373830794, 9781426800993 | VitalSource
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