It All Comes Down to This

A powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Awardwinning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper.

It's 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents' marriage is rocky. Plus, there's her family's new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, and Sophie learns that lifeand her own place in itis even more complicated than she'd once thought.

';Honest, witty... relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the storyso do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too.' Wall Street Journal

';Thoughtful and well-wrought.... Compassionate, pointed, and empowering.' Booklist,starred review

';An impressive coming-of-age story.' Kirkus Reviews,starred review

';Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends.' Publishers Weekly,starred review A powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper.

It’s 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents’ marriage is rocky. Plus, there’s her family’s new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, and Sophie learns that life—and her own place in it—is even more complicated than she’d once thought.

“Honest, witty . . . relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story—so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too.” —Wall Street Journal

“Thoughtful and well-wrought . . . . Compassionate, pointed, and empowering.” —Booklist, starred review

“An impressive coming-of-age story.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

• | Author: Karen English
• | Publisher: HarperCollins
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2019
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780358098539
• | ISBN-10: 035809853X