Ebook {Epub PDF} Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer

 · In Lehrer’s engrossing first novel, year-old Carmel Fishkill (named after a highway exit sign her mother, Keely, glimpsed while giving birth in the back seat of a car) decides that starting seventh grade in a new school is an opportunity to toughen up her image The plot, as well as Duck-Duck and Fishkill’s friendship, twists and turns as Keely reappears and disappears, until a tragic ISBN  · Ruth Lehrer is a writer and sign language interpreter living in western Massachusetts. Her fiction and poetry have been published in journals such as Jubilat, Lilith, and Trivia: Voices of Feminism. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, Tiger Laughs When You Push. Her young adult novel, Being Fishkill, will be published by Candlewick Press in November Ruth Lehrer is a writer and sign language interpreter living in western Massachusetts. Author of the poetry chapbook, TIGER LAUGHS WHEN YOU PUSH, her writing has been published in print and online journals such as Jubilat, Lilith, DecomP, Trivia: Voices of Feminism, and The Blue Hour Magazine. Her novel, BEING FISHKILL, will be published by Candlewick Press in November

This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother — and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer's young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains "family." And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed. 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 Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets. Ruth Lehrer's Being Fishkill. Ruth Lehrer's gritty realism is reminiscent of Dorothy Allison, as is her exploration of poverty, abuse, neglect, miraculously strong girls, and the failure and promise of bltadwin.ru, Lehrer's pace and unrelentingly complicated descriptions of young teen subjectivity set Bring Fishkill firmly within the field of YA literature.

Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer. Summary: Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — 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. Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer, equal parts heart warming and heart breaking. A deeply moving story of one girl’s journey to finding family, love and acceptance. Lehrer does an exceptional job exploring the frailty of heart and creating characters we come to love. Deeply. Fishkill and Duck-Duck are truly unique. This is a hauntingly beautiful story. Being Fishkill. Written by Ruth Lehrer. Age Range: Hardcover: pages. Publisher: Candlewick () ISBN: What to Expect: Coming of Age, Transitional Times, Poverty, Family.