Bøger af Sharon M. Draper

Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this ';timely but genuine' (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper.Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she's Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she's Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that her parents are divorced, it seems their fights are even worse, and they're always about HER. Isabella feels completely stuck in the middle, split and divided between them more than ever. And she is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad involves more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: it's also about switching identities. Her dad is black, her mom is white, and strangers are always commenting: ';You're so exotic!' ';You look so unusual.' ';But what are you really?' She knows what they're really saying: ';You don't look like your parents.' ';You're different.' ';What race are you really?' And when her parents, who both get engaged at the same time, get in their biggest fight ever, Isabella doesn't just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if you're only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole? It seems like nothing can bring Isabella's family together againuntil the worst thing happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired.

This gripping, chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, by turns pulse-pounding and inspiring (Kirkus Reviews), shows that all it takes is one bad decision for a dream to become a nightmare.Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger. But what if the stranger is well-dressed and handsome? On his way to meet his wife and daughter? And casting a movie that very nighta movie in need of a star dancer? What then? Then Diamond might make the wrong decision. Its a nightmare come true: Diamond Landers has been kidnapped. She was at the mall with a friend, alone for only a few brief minutesand now shes being held captive, forced to endure horrors beyond what she ever could have dreamed, while her family and friends experience their own torments and wait desperately for any bit of news. From New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, this is a riveting exploration of power: how quickly we can lose itand how we can take it back.

Melody faces her fears to follow her passion in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, bestselling middle grade novel Out of My Mind.

When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this bestselling Depression-era novel.

Copper Sun is the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known-except hope.

A story of divorce and racial identity, making the complex and the difficult accessible to a middle-grade readership. From the author of the award-winning "Out Of My Mind".

From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a story that will forever change how we all look at anyone with a disability, perfect for fans of RJ Palacio's Wonder.