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We deserve monuments / Jas Hammonds.

Hammonds, Jas, (author.).

Summary:
When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist past.
Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she’s turned away, leaving her desperate to learn the secrets that split her family in two. While tempers flare in her avoidant family, Avery finds friendship in unexpected places: in Simone Cole, her captivating next-door neighbor, and Jade Oliver, daughter of the town’s most prominent family—whose mother’s murder remains unsolved. As the three girls grow closer—Avery and Simone’s friendship blossoming into romance—the sharp-edged opinions of their small southern town begin to hint at something insidious underneath. The racist history of Bardell, Georgia is rooted in Avery’s family in ways she can’t even imagine. With Mama Letty's health dwindling every day, Avery must decide if digging for the truth is worth toppling the delicate relationships she's built in Bardell—or if some things are better left buried.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250816559
  • ISBN: 1250816556
  • Physical Description: 375 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 14-18. Roaring Brook Press.
Grades 10-12. Roaring Brook Press.
Awards Note:
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award winner, 2023
Subject: Family secrets > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Georgia > Rural conditions > Fiction.
Family problems > Fiction.
Secrets > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Lesbians > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Lesbian fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 37 of 39 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 5 current holds with 39 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library YOUNG ADULT MYS HAMMOND (Text) 50687011808493 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT MYS HAMMOND (Text) 50686016252434 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library YA HAM (Text) 37268003155009 AHMFL Young Adult Available -
Boyertown Community Library YA HAM (Text) 33249024855482 Teen Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library YA FICTION Ham (Text) 85131001855866 CACM Young Adult Fiction Available -
Degenstein Community Library JYF HAMMONDS (Text) 35031301240940 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Dover Area Community Library Teens HAM Fiction (Text) 34217000856096 Teen Area Available -
DuBois Public Library YA FIC HAMMONDS (Text) 61000100092457 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library YA HAM (Text) 33249025514138 Teen Fiction Checked Out 04/03/2024
Gettysburg Library YA FIC HAMMONDS JAS (Text) 35740635902505 Young Adult Fiction Available -


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