Baygirl
Heather Smith
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Family | Romance | Social Themes
Themes:
General, Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
8-12
Age Range:
12
Accessible Format Availability:
CELA Library
Description
Growing up in a picturesque Newfoundland fishing village should be idyllic for sixteen-year-old Kit Ryan, but living with an alcoholic father makes Kit's day-to-day life unpredictable and almost intolerable.
When the 1992 cod moratorium forces her father out of a job, the tension between Kit and her father grows. Forced to leave their rural community, the family moves to the city, where they live with Uncle Iggy, a widower with problems of his own. Immediately pegged as a "baygirl," Kit struggles to fit in, but longstanding trust issues threaten to hold her back when a boy named Elliot expresses an interest in her.
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Awards
Forest of Reading White Pine AwardNominated
Bank Street College of Education Children's Book Committee Best Children's Books of the YearCommended
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