America

Frank, E. R. America: A Novel. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.

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Genre: Realistic/Issues

Annotation:
This is a story of a lost boy, America, who was abandoned by his birth mother and separated by his foster mother. He has been through the the system and on the streets, but through it all may learn to find himself.

Booktalk Review:
Lost
Nowhere
Nobody
No one cares
I don't care
Runaway in New York City
Finding a self and a place in the world

Awards, Recognitions, Honors, etc.:

• Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ)
• German Youth Literature Award Nominee
• Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

About the Author:
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/E-R-Frank