Bibliograph

Don't fail me now, Una LaMarche

Type

Label

Don't fail me now, Una LaMarche

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Don't fail me now

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

906818131

Responsibility statement

Una LaMarche

Summary

Michelle and her little siblings Cass and Denny are African-American and living on the poverty line in urban Baltimore, struggling to keep it together with their mom in jail and only Michelle's part-time job at the Taco Bell to sustain them. Leah and her stepbrother Tim are white and middle class from suburban Maryland, with few worries beyond winning lacrosse games and getting college applications in on time. Michelle and Leah only have one thing in common: Buck Devereaux, the biological father who abandoned them when they were little. After news trickles back to them that Buck is dying, they make the uneasy decision to drive across country to his hospice in California. Leah hopes for closure; Michelle just wants to give him a piece of her mind

Target audience

juvenile

Classification