Lawless spaces / Corey Ann Haydu.
While a highly publicized sexual assault case threatens to destroy her and her mother, sixteen-year-old Mimi Dovewick tries to understand their tense relationship by reaching out to the women of her maternal line through the journals they all kept.
Perfect for fans of Deb Caletti, this “powerful, absorbing, and beautiful” (Booklist) coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal line through their journals and comes to better understand her fraught relationship with her mother. Mimi’s relationship with her mother has always been difficult. But lately, her mother has been acting more withdrawn than usual, leaving Mimi to navigate the tricky world of turning sixteen alone. What she doesn’t expect is her mother’s advice to start journaling—just like all the woman in her family before her. It’s a tradition, she says. Expected. But Mimi takes to poetry and with it, a way to write down the realities of growing into a woman, the pains of online bullying, and the new experiences of having a boyfriend. And all in the shadows of a sexual assault case that is everywhere on the news—a case that seems to specifically rattle her mother. Trying to understand her place in the world, Mimi dives into the uncovered journals of her grandmother, great-grandmother, and beyond. She immerses herself in each of their lives, learns of their painful stories and their beautiful sprits. And as Mimi grows closer to each of these women, she starts to forge her own path. But it isn’t until her mother’s story comes to light that Mimi learns about the unyielding bonds of family and the relentless spirit of womanhood.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781534437067
- ISBN: 1534437061
- ISBN: 9781534437074
- ISBN: 153443707X
- Physical Description: 478 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022]
- Copyright: 2022
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | 990L Lexile Ages 14 up. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Sex crimes > Fiction. Diaries > Fiction. |
Genre: | Young adult fiction. Novels in verse. |
Available copies
- 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | YOUNG ADULT HAYDU (Text) | 50686016269024 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Boyertown Community Library | YA HAY (Text) | 33249024816203 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
Dalton Community Library | YOUNG ADULT HAYDU (Text) | 50689010448487 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | YA HAY (Text) | 91082379 | GFWM Robinson Room | Available | - |
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | YA FIC HAYDU (Text) | 39636100439021 | Young Adult | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | YA HAY (Text) | 33400001542417 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Meyersdale Public Library | YA FIC HAYDU (Text) | 30512005392194 | MEYM Young Adult | Available | - |
New Castle Public Library | YAF Fic Haydu (Text) | 31902005452263 | NWCM Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Pottsville Free Public Library | YA HAY (Text) | 30003009091537 | Young Adult | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Teen Fiction Haydu (Text) | 33223008741257 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |