Jamaican-American writer Fiona Zedde Lewis has authored
best-selling novels and collections of short stories for adults.
"Dreaming in Color" marks her debut writing for young adults-and a
compelling debut it is.
Carlene (Cee-Cee) has come to the U.S. from Jamaica to join her
mother, who has been working for two years to bring her daughter to
join her. But excited as Carlene is to be reunited with her beloved
mother, she finds life in her new country daunting. She misses her
island home and the father she left behind.
High school is a difficult territory to navigate for many
teens-bullying, mean girls, jock/thug boys, and just the normal
daily stresses of trying to succeed in classes can present awesome
challenges. When a group of mean girls led by one of the most
popular girls in the school targets Carlene, taunting her for her
accent and her skin color, she turns to art as a refuge. Problems
with her mother, who reveals a secret Cee-Cee is not prepared for,
just adds to her feelings of isolation.
Then Carlene meets Greg, another teen from Jamaica. They bond over
their shared feelings of dislocation and their inability to fit in.
But a big party where the popular kids
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