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The Orange Houses
By Griffin, Paul R.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2009
Gr 8-Up Consumed with fitting in, 15-year-old Tamika tries to cover her hearing aids with her hair. She wants to be pretty and secretly dreams of being liked by her friend Jimmi, an 18-year-old war veteran who's been severely damaged by his experiences, turned to drugs, and cast out by society. But things don't seem to be going her way and Tamika copes by turning off her aids and shutting out the world. This angers her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
This brutally realistic novel follows the fortunes of three young people on the fringes of their Bronx housing project: a hea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on August 1, 2009
The Orange Houses is a gorgeously realized, deeply felt meditation on the interplay among art, beauty, and friendship in lives beset by cruelty and injustice. Even as the novel counts down to Jimmi’s hanging, Tamika and Fatima’s friendship offers the hope of redemption for a sinful world. The backdrop of Paul Griffin’s story reflects the indifference of the world at large to the problems faced by ordinary people: “The Orange Houses were not orange. They were beaten brick the color of the sky this drizzly dusk. Some long-dead architect Casper Orange slapped togeth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
