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Juju : Life on the East Side by Tamario Pettigrew (2019, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherIndependently Published

ISBN-10109094778X

ISBN-139781090947789

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038443070

Product Key Features

Book TitleJuju : Life on the East Side

Number of Pages244 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicGeneral

GenreFiction

AuthorTamario Pettigrew

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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SynopsisSTARRED REVIEWThis is a must-read for anyone who loved Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. It should be on summer reading lists and in high school libraries everywhere. BlueInk ReviewClarion Rating: 5 out of 5 JuJu is a harrowing and hopeful novel, and Pettigrew's writing is diamond sharp. Foreword Clarion Reviews Pettigrew speaks with an authentic, compelling voice... Vivid and poignant... Kirkus ReviewsIt's a powerful book, based on palpable authenticity... The PublicThirteen-year-old JuJu reluctantly moves into a shack with his mother and siblings. The move is a downgrade from the more welcoming working-class neighborhood he grew accustomed to before his mother lost her night job in the recession. Set on the East Side of Buffalo, NY, JuJu provides a window into the poverty stricken, segregated, urban childhood.Years of reading classic novels with his often-hospitalized younger sister gives JuJu a dream of writing his own stories about what it's actually like to live in the ghetto. His escape into novels can't prevent his reality on the primarily black East Side, which is filled with murder, drugs, incarceration, and blatant and continual police brutality. On the East Side, JuJu struggle to protect himself, his mother, and his sisters as they navigate his openly hostile, racially-divided city.