Blended

Blended

By Sharon M. Draper

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Grades 4 - 8Grade 4n/a449971
Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful 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 even more stuck in the middle, split and divided between them than ever. And she’s is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad is 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 again—until the worst happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired.
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN-13: 9781442495012
ISBN-10: 1442495014
Published on 10/29/2019
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 320

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This book is great! I read this book for a book club and it was amazing! I recommend this book who love drama,romance. This girl is mixed with her parents, and her adventures!

I love this book and how it shows true actions and physical things that could actually happen in real life and not just in the book. (Isabella/ Izzy) is the best character in my opinion. I recommend this book for people that like sometimes sadness, romance, and drama.

Yayyy! This book is the 2nd popular book!!!!!

I love this book so much! I bought it at the book shop and I don't regret reading it! It's also really interesting. It's about an 11 year old girl (Isabella, aka, Izzy) who has a Mom who is white and a Dad who is black, and feels separated because her Mom and Dad are divorced, and has to go to a different house each week. I recommend this book for ages 9+. 5 stars!

love it mainly becase even though im not black, i have a similar backroung with bing a divorce kid excellent

Yes like pinkcat i think you need to be pn the older side. This book is great if are a child of divoreved parents. LOVE THIS BOOK!

This book is soooo good! I recommend people to read this!!

This was a great book to read! Recommended for ages 10 to 14. It's not too thick but not too thin!

I absolutely loved the book and its super interesting as well.

I love this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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