Under a Cardboard Sky
()
About this ebook
In 1959, Laura Graham, a white 15-year-old from Detroit, moves to rural west Kentucky and enrolls in a recently desegregated high school. Shocked by the mistreatment her black classmates endure she finally speaks out, only to learn how little she truly understands about black lives in twentieth-century America. Told with heart and touches of humor, this fast-paced YA novel is well grounded in history and in the author’s personal experience.
Carole F Stice
Only children have their own peculiar sets of benefits and problems. Growing up an only, adopted child, back in the mid-twentieth century when there were fewer adoptions and less information about how adoptions are best handled, presented an additional layer of challenges. Compared with today, in the 1940s, few working-class families adopted the babies of strangers. In addition, adopting agencies and physicians lacked the psychological and language tools needed to help guide adoptees and adopters when they encountered difficulties or resistance especially from other family members. As Carole’s memoir unfolds, she wonders who she really is, hungers for a sense of belonging, seeks her biological roots across decades, and explores the meaning and importance of family in her life. Her story speaks to every person who has ever felt, even for a moment, like an outcast among the people they love the most.Carole Faye Kirchner Stice is a retired university teacher and author. Her work has appeared in numerous academic journals and instructional materials. Her fiction has appeared in Highlights for Children, Lady Bug and such literary journals as Kestrel. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Read more from Carole F Stice
Always Yours: Memoir of an Adopted Child Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDarla Dreaming at the Carnival with Elvis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHunting Ben/Haunting Ben Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLizzie: The Untold Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Under a Cardboard Sky
Related ebooks
Sour Notes: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThen Now and Forever by VcToria Gray-Cobb Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLive Through This Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5InterWorld Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Depth of Field Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Fugue in a Minor Key Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of Us: (Fan Fiction featuring Nash Grier) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rumor Has It: Friendship Texas, #2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cicada: The Cicada Trilogy, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wait Until Twilight: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Canceled Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuake: In Real Time, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Senior Year: T.V. or Reality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHangover Holiday Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Devil's Tattoo: A Rock Star Romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll the Things We've Done Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Escaping Me: Shaft on Tour, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stealing Away: Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSkylar Robbins: The Mystery of Shadow Hills Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYes, They're Real: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSolid Ground Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Invisible Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awake: Big City Nights, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStupor's Consequence and Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBook I: Children of the Light Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDangerous Game Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDefy The Stars: Defy The Stars, #1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Makin' My Way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAurealis #84 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Work In Progress: A Collection of Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Young Adult For You
Shatter Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firekeeper's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To All the Boys I've Loved Before Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cinderella Is Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Way I Used to Be Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Queen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wuthering Heights Complete Text with Extras Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These Violent Delights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Both Die at the End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Winter's Promise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sabriel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hero and the Crown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Woven Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poet X Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monster: A Printz Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sadie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ace of Spades Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Clockwork Angel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Violent Ends Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gullstruck Island Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Little Liars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5SLAY Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gallant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girls with Sharp Sticks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Under a Cardboard Sky
0 ratings0 reviews