American Street
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews and multiple awards!
A New York Times Notable Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time * A Parade Best Young Adult Book of All Time * A Kirkus Best Book of the Century * Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List Winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year
An evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jason Reynolds
In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life.
But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit’s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own.
Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?
A Gritty Detroit Setting: Fabiola navigates the tough streets of the city's west side, a world away from Port-au-Prince, where loyalty and danger collide on the corner of American Street and Joy Road.Haitian Vodou Culture: As Fabiola seeks help from the lwas—the spirits of Haitian Vodou—she discovers that magic operates differently in America, and that the man on the corner might be more than he seems.Complex Family Dynamics: Living with her cousins Chantal, Donna, and Princess, Fabiola uncovers the dangerous business that keeps her family afloat and threatens to pull her under.High-Stakes Moral Choices: When an offer is made that could free her mother but betray her family, Fabiola must decide what the American dream is truly worth.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Haitian American novelist Ibi Zoboi humanizes the headlines with her story of Fabiola, a teenage girl from Port-au-Prince whose mother is detained when the two try to visit family in Detroit. As Zoboi’s heroine is forced to adjust to American life without her mother’s help, her first-person narration pulls us straight into the heart of the conflict. Between Fabiola’s culture clashes with her aunt and cousins at home and romantic issues at school, Zoboi makes a hot-button issue feel intensely personal. American Street is a great coming-of-age tale that makes a political statement about the realities of immigration.
