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Rough Patch
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ISBN13: 9781551526812
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: May 2 2017
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
When fifteen-year-old Keira starts high school, she almost wishes she could write Hi, my name is Keira, and I'm bisexual! on her nametag. Needless to say, she's actually terrified to announce--let alone fully explore--her sexuality. Quirky but shy, loyal yet a bit zany, Keira navigates her growing interest in kissing both girls and boys while not alienating her BFF, boy-crazy Sita. As the two acclimate to their new high school, they manage to find lunch tablemates and make lists of the school's cutest boys. But Keira is caught in between--unable to fully participate, yet too scared to come clean.
She's also feeling the pressure of family: parents who married too young and have differing parenting styles; a younger sister in a wheelchair from whom adults expect either too little or too much; and her popular older brother who takes pleasure in taunting Keira. She finds solace in preparing for the regional finals of figure skating, a hobby she knows is geeky and het girl yet instills her with confidence. But when she meets a girl named Jayne who seems perfect for her, she isn't so confident she can pull off her charade any longer.
Rough Patch is an honest, heart-wrenching novel about finding your place in the world, and about how to pick yourself up after taking a spill.
Nicole Markotic is a poet and novelist who teaches children's literature at the University of Windsor. This is her first young adult novel.
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