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Woodson, Jacqueline, author.

Harbor me / Jacqueline Woodson.

New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, ©2018.

176 pages ; 22 cm

2018

Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.--Amazon.com.

10-14 Brodart.

5-9 Brodart.

Lexile: 630.

630 Lexile.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Family problems -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

African Americans -- Fiction.

Hispanic Americans -- Fiction.

School Library Journal, August 02, 2018

Booklist, July 01, 2018

Kirkus Reviews, July 01, 2018

Publishers Weekly, May 21, 2018

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