Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia

She teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts. 2 Themes 3 Writing Style 4 Biographical Information 5 Books 6 Awards 7 References Biography Rita Williams-Garcia was born in Queens, New York. She graduated from Hofstra University in 1980, where she studied with Richard Price and Sonya Pilcer.

She has set these fictional characters firmly in the real world while still allowing them to rise from the pages and into readers’ hearts and imaginations.Williams-Garcia was born in Queens, New York. Rediscover this novel by a master storyteller and Newbery Honor-winning author, about one girl’s discovery of her own African American family history-and her own place within it. And slowly, the stories of her roots begin to change how Gayle sees her future. Hardcover - Great Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart. : Like Sisters on the Homefront: 9780062823922: Williams-Garcia, Rita: Books Books Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction Buy new: 10. Gayle is stuck cleaning up after Great, the old family matriarch who stays upstairs in her bed.īut the more she spends time with Cookie and Great, Gayle learns about her family’s history and secrets, stretching all the way back through the preachers and ancestors of the past. In a small town in Georgia, there is nowhere to go but church, nothing to do but chores, and no friends except her goody-goody, big-boned, kneesock-wearing cousin, Cookie. A strong choice for summer reading and for sparking conversation in the classroom or at home. Rita Williams-Garcias masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is just as fresh, funny, and powerfully relevant today as when it was first. Known for their realistic portrayal of teens of color, Williams-Garcias works have been recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award Committee, PEN Norma Klein, American Library Association, and Parents Choice, among others. When fourteen-year-old Gayle gets in trouble with a boy-again-her mother doesn’t give her a choice: Gayle is getting sent away from New York to her family down South, along with her baby, José. Like Sisters on the Homefront is a fast, gritty read about mistakes, second chances, and family. When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old-and her baby, Jos, down to Georgia to live with Uncle Luther and. Rita Williams-Garcia continues to break new ground in young peoples literature. It is now being reissued with a beautiful, contemporary new cover! Rita Williams-Garcia’s masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is just as fresh, funny, and powerfully relevant today as when it was first published.