Vera Violet : a novel
(Book)
Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First paperback edition.
ISBN
9781640092327, 1640092323
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Rating
HL620L
Status
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781640092327, 1640092323
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
620
Notes
Description
Vera Violet ONeels home is in the Pacific Northwestnot the glamorous scene of coffee bars and craft beers, but the hardscrabble region of busted pickups and broken dreams. Veras mother has left, her father is unstable, and her brother is deeply troubled. Against this gritty background, Vera struggles to establish a life of her own, a life fortified by her friends and her hard-won love. But the relentless poverty coupled with the twin lures of crystal meth and easy money soon shatter fragile alliances. Her world violently torn apart, Vera flees to St. Louis, Missouri. There, alone in a small apartment, she grieves for her broken family, her buried friends, and her beloved, Jimmy James Blood. In this brilliant, explosive debut, Melissa Anne Peterson establishes herself as a fresh, raw voice, a writer to be reckoned with.
Target Audience
HL620L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 97 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 84 (very high),Structure demand: 89 (very high),Lexile
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Peterson, M. A. (2020). Vera Violet: a novel (First paperback edition.). Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peterson, Melissa Anne, 1981-. 2020. Vera Violet: A Novel. Berkeley, California: Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peterson, Melissa Anne, 1981-. Vera Violet: A Novel Berkeley, California: Counterpoint, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Peterson, Melissa Anne. Vera Violet: A Novel First paperback edition., Counterpoint, 2020.
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