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| Being Fishkill |
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author: Ruth Lehrer
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| Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill’s fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck’s mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill’s unstable mother — and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer’s young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains “family.” And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed. |
| Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start. |
suggested retail price (U.S.):
$17.99 |
isbn-10/isbn-13:
0763684422 / 9780763684426 |
pub date:
11/2017 |
type/format:
Young Adult Novel / Hardback |
age range:
14 yrs and up
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# of pages/size:
320 / 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" |
grade range:
Grade 9 and up
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subjects:
Family; Social Themes; |
author’s comments:
Ruth Lehrer is a poet, author, and American Sign Language interpreter. She lives in the woods of western Massachusetts. |
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