Alma presses play / Tina Cane.
"Alma's life is a constant of halfways: She's half-Chinese, half-Jewish; her parents spend half the time fighting, and the other half silent; and, at thirteen, she's halfway through becoming a woman. Then comes the year when everything changes, and her life is overtaken by constant endings: friends move away, romances bloom and wither, her parents file for divorce, and just like that her childhood seems to be over. Among this world of confusing beginnings, middles, and endings, could there be a roadmap for Alma to truly find herself?"-- OCLC.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593121146
- ISBN: 0593121147
- ISBN: 0593121155
- ISBN: 9780593121153
- Physical Description: 324 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Make Me a World, [2021]
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | NP Lexile |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Teenage girls > Fiction. Racially mixed people > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Jewish teenagers > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Bildungsromans. Bildungsromans. Novels in verse. |
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | YA CAN 2021 (Text) | 0002205471341 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
Alma Presses Play
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Summary
Alma Presses Play
A lyrical novel-in-verse that takes us through the journey of coming of age in New York during the 80s. Alma's life is a series of halfways- She's half-Chinese, half-Jewish; her parents spend half the time fighting, and the other half silent; and she's halfway through becoming a woman. But as long as she can listen to her Walkman, hang out with her friends on the stoops of the Village, and ride her bike around the streets of New York, it feels like everything will be all right. Then comes the year when everything changes, and her life is overtaken by constant endings- friends move away, romances bloom and wither, her parents divorce and--just like that--her life as she knew it is over. In this world of confusing beginnings, middles, and endings, is Alma ready to press play on the soundtrack of her life?