Blended

Blended

Sharon M. Draper

New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018

Eleven-year-old Isabella’s life is far from simple; her black father and her white mother never see eye-to-eye, especially since the divorce. Every Sunday her parents meet up in the shopping center to exchange Isabella, which she “hate, hate, hates”, and makes it hard to feel like she belongs. Instead, she prefers to spend her time practicing piano and spending time with her stepbrother. As new tensions begin to rise at school and both her parents become engaged, Isabella searches for her place in the world.

Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Draper carefully navigates the issues of race and belonging through well-crafted dialogue. The first-person perspective allows readers to truly see into Isabella’s world

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Note for Parents and Carers

This book contains the following: racism, bullying, implied death threats, references to police brutality