Itch
A Novel
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
After the death of her beloved Gramps, Delores Colchester, better known as "Itch," moves with her grandmother from Florida to Ohio. Starting over is hard, and Itch feels like an outsider in her new school, until she becomes friends with popular baton-twirling Gwendolyn. On the outside, Gwendolyn seems perfect: talented, smart, and beautiful. But she has a dark secret, which Itch begins to suspect and soon discovers is true. "Speaking up takes courage," Gramps had always told Itch, and she's about to discover just how much.
Michelle D. Kwasney weaves a compelling story about child abuse, family, and friendship against the backdrop of the late 1960s.
Itch is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Customer Reviews
Itch
This book started off slow, but it picked up. And I love it. It's a really good book. I would recommend it.
Amazing
I'm not into reading, but I have to for school to meet my AR goal. I started reading Itch and I couldn't stop it is very suspenseful and I could not put it down it has been one of the best books I've ever read. :)