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Salt the water / by Candice Iloh.

Iloh, Candice, (author.).

Summary:

"Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they're known for repeatedly challenging authority. Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they've got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation. But a fight with a teacher spirals out of control, and Cerulean impulsively drops out to avoid the punishment they fear is coming. Why wait for graduation to leave an oppressive capitalist system and live their dreams? Cerulean is truly brilliant, but their sheltered upbringing hasn't prepared them for the consequences of their choice -- especially not when it's compounded by a family emergency that puts a parent out of work. Suddenly the money they'd been stacking with their friends is a resource that the family needs to stay afloat. Salt the Water is a book about dreaming in a world that has other plans for your time, your youth, and your future. It asks, what does it look like when a bunch of queer Black kids are allowed to dream? And what does it look like for them to confront the present circumstances of the people they love while still pursuing a wildly different future of their own?" -- Jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593529317
  • ISBN: 0593529316
  • Physical Description: 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages: 14-18. Dutton Books.
Grades: 9-12. Dutton Books.
NP Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.3 4 523096.
Awards Note:
Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2024

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Subject:
Dysfunctional families > Juvenile fiction.
High schools > Juvenile fiction.
Gender identity > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
High school dropouts > Juvenile fiction.
Family problems > Juvenile fiction.
High school seniors > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Sexual minorities > Juvenile fiction.
African American families > Juvenile fiction.
LGBTQ+ youth.
Gender identity.
LGBTQ+ people.
Sexual minorities.
Genre:
Novels in verse.
LGBTQ+ fiction.
School fiction.
Social problem fiction.

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  • 30 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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