Learning Seventeen

  • Pages:144
  • Publisher:Orca Book Publishers
  • Series: Orca Soundings
  • Themes:teen rebellion, suicide, LGBTQ, conversion therapy, mental health
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  • Available:01/16/2018
  • Age Groups:Fiction Ages 12+
  • Reading Level:4.4
  • Lexile:HL770L
  • Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient:Z+
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New Hope Academy, or, as seventeen-year-old Jane Learning likes to call it, No Hope, is a Baptist reform school where Jane is currently being held captive.

Of course, smart, sarcastic Jane has no interest in reforming, failing to see any benefit to pretending to play well with others. But then Hannah shows up, a gorgeous bad girl with fiery hair and an even stormier disposition. She shows Jane how to live a full and fulfilling life even when the world tells you you're wrong, and how to believe in a future outside the "prison" walls. Jane soon learns, though, that Hannah is quietly battling some demons of her own.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

"Learning Seventeen is more than a simple coming-of-age story. Carter does not back down from the difficult topics…A very deep read. Highly Recommended."
– CM Magazine
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens   | 2018  |  Commended

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