The revolution of Birdie Randolph /

The revolution of Birdie Randolph /

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Author / Creator:	Colbert, Brandy, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. ©2019
Description:	325 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction. Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction. Dating (Social customs) -- Juvenile fiction. Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction. African Americans -- Juvenile fiction. African Americans. Dating (Social customs) Families. Family secrets. Identity (Philosophical concept) Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction. Illinois -- Chicago. Young adult fiction. Fiction. Juvenile works. Young adult works. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12749286

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ISBN:	9780316448567 0316448567 9780316448574 9780316448550
Summary:	Sixteen-year-old Dove "Birdie" Randolph's close bond with her parents is threatened by a family secret, and by hiding her relationship with Booker, who has been in juvenile detention. Dove "Birdie" Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her. She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she's on track to finish high school at the top of her class. When Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past, she knows her parents will never approve. Then her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family's apartment above their hair salon. Carlene spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction. As long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything Birdie has known to be true is turned upside down. -- adapted from jacket

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Summary:	From Stonewall Award winner Brandy Colbert comes a novel about first love, family, and hidden secrets that will stay with you long after turning the last page. <br> <br> <br> <br> Dove "Birdie" Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she's on track to finish high school at the top of her class. But then Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past... whom she knows her parents will never approve of.<br> <br> <br> <br> When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family's apartment above their hair salon, Birdie notices the tension building at home. Carlene is sweet, friendly, and open-minded -- she's also spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction. As Birdie becomes closer to both Booker and Carlene, she yearns to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything she's known to be true is turned upside down.<br> <br>
Physical Description:	325 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780316448567 0316448567 9780316448574 9780316448550