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Loading... Between Sisters (2010)by Adwoa Badoe
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A poignant and frank novel set in Ghana, told from the point of view of a disarmingly forthright teenaged girl. When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for Gloria to go to school. Life in Kumasi is more grand than anything Gloria has ever experienced. She joins a youth band at church and Christine has even promised to teach her to read. But Kumasi is also full of temptations -- the owner of a popular clothing shop encourages her to buy on credit, and the smooth-talking Dr. Kusi offers Gloria rides in his sports car. Eventually Gloria is betrayed by the people around her and is disillusioned by her new life. But in the end she decides who she can trust, and draws on her own considerable inner resources to put the bad experiences behind her. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. No library descriptions found. |
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It is in the voice of Gloria, who has failed her exams and so can no longer go to school. Fortunately, a family friend arranges for her to become the live-in nanny/cook/housekeeper for a young female doctor in another city. There, she is treated very well and feels like a sister to the doctor. She meets friends and joins a band. A male doctor begins paying attention to her, but only when no one else is around. She is dazzled and believes him when he says he loves her and wants to marry her, but also goes along with keeping it secret because she is still so young. Naturally, she learns that he is only using her. She finds out the truth before she gets into any real trouble, but a good friend of hers is not so lucky.
Told in spare writing, I felt apprehensive reading it knowing that Gloria, who was so innocent, was going to learn some very hard lessons. (