Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be â€” until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start.Born in the

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Being Fishkill

Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be â€” until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start.

Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkillâ€™s fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duckâ€™s mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkillâ€™s unstable mother â€” and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrerâ€™s young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains â€œfamily.â€ And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.
Country USA
Brand Candlewick Press
Manufacturer Candlewick
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-11-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780763684426

Country	USA
Brand	Candlewick Press
Manufacturer	Candlewick
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-11-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780763684426

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