Every Body Looking (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780525556206)

A Finalist for the National Book Award

When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it's the first time she's ever been so far from her family--and the first time that she's been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past--her mother's struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father's attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future.

"Candice Iloh's beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing."--Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times Bestselling Author of Brown Girl Dreaming

"An essential--and emotionally gripping and masterfully written and compulsively readable--addition to the coming-of-age canon."--Nic Stone, New York Times Bestselling Author of Dear Martin

"This is a story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set onthe backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the familydynamic, culturally and socially. About childhood secrets with sharp teeth. And ultimately, about a liberation that taunts every young person." --Jason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author of Long Way Down

Author: Candice Iloh
ISBN-10: 0525556206
ISBN-13: 9780525556206
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2020
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516247 / Every Body Looking

Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/19/2020
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020
Booklist 08/01/2020 pg. 57
School Library Journal 09/01/2020 pg. 86