Girls Like Us (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763662677)

A 2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner

With gentle humor and unflinching realism, Gail Giles tells the gritty, ultimately hopeful story of two special ed teenagers entering the adult world.

We understand stuff. We just learn it slow. And most of what we understand is that people what ain't Speddies think we too stupid to get out our own way. And that makes me mad.

Quincy and Biddy are both graduates of their high school's special ed program, but they couldn't be more different: suspicious Quincy faces the world with her fists up, while gentle Biddy is frightened to step outside her front door. When they're thrown together as roommates in their first "real world" apartment, it initially seems to be an uneasy fit. But as Biddy's past resurfaces and Quincy faces a harrowing experience that no one should have to go through alone, the two of them realize that they might have more in common than they thought -- and more important, that they might be able to help each other move forward.

Hard-hitting and compassionate, Girls Like Us is a story about growing up in a world that can be cruel, and finding the strength -- and the support -- to carry on.

Author: Gail Giles
ISBN-10: 0763662674
ISBN-13: 9780763662677
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 166181 / Girls Like Us

Award: National Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Highly Commended
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Winner
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Literary Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/10/2014
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2014
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 85
Booklist 05/01/2014 pg. 93
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 518
School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 120
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 87
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2015 pg. 16
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average
BookPage 06/01/2014