Bibliograph

Pretty, by Justin Sayre

Type

Label

Pretty, by Justin Sayre

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Pretty

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

990477267

Responsibility statement

by Justin Sayre

Summary

Sayre details the private and public life of a thirteen-year-old burdened with far more than the middle-school adjective of Pretty. Though she appears confident, stylish, and easygoing at school, Sophie lives a nightmare at home. When her mother's alcohol addiction spirals out of control, Sophie's Auntie Amara steps in to help. She teaches Sophie new lessons about her family and heritage, while also challenging her to rethink how she feels about friends, boys, and even her sense of place in the Brooklyn neighborhood where she lives. Sayre, a master storyteller in the coming-of-age genre, asks readers to confront superficial assumptions about gender and beauty, and breathes new life into the canon of middle-grade realistic fiction

Target audience

juvenile

Classification