Hearts unbroken

Title
Hearts unbroken

Personal Author EPSB
Cynthia Leitich, Smith

Summary
When Louise Wolfe's boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. She'd rather spend her senior year with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, an ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The Wizard of Oz has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town. As tensions mount at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey. But 'dating while Native' can be difficult. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey's? -- adapted from jacket.

Year Published
2018

Physical Description
286 pages ; 22 cm

Note
"Hesci. Herein, a few words and sentences are written in Mvskoke, the language of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. A glossary is included on page 295." -- Title page verso.

Subject
High school students -- Fiction.
 
Student newspapers and periodicals -- Fiction.
 
Photojournalists -- Fiction.
 
Theater -- Fiction.
 
Musicals -- Fiction.
 
First loves -- Fiction.
 
First Nations -- Fiction.

Genre
Romance fiction.

Summary
When Louise Wolfe's boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. She'd rather spend her senior year with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, an ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The Wizard of Oz has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town. As tensions mount at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey. But 'dating while Native' can be difficult. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey's? -- adapted from jacket.

ISBN
9780763681142
 
9781536213133

Publisher
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
HillcrestPB SMIBook30552000350748Fiction
HillcrestPB SMIBook30552000350714Fiction