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010 $a 2009027572
020 $a9781565126800
020 $a1565126807
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050 00 $aPS3604.U757$bG57 2010
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100 1 $aDurrow, Heidi W.,$d1969-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009042855
245 14 $aThe girl who fell from the sky /$ca novel by Heidi W. Durrow.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aChapel Hill, N.C. :$bAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill,$c2010.
300 $a264 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on a Chicago rooftop." "Forced to move to a new and strange city, with her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time into a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, startling blue eyes, and beauty bring a constant stream of attention her way. It's there, as she grows up and tries to swallow her grief, that she comes to understand how the mystery and tragedy of her mother might be connected to her own uncertain identity. Raised by her mother to think of herself as white, Rachel is now expected to "act black." And all the while, she keeps asking herself why she has to be defined by her skin, and whether labels say more about who she is or more about a world that attempts to brand her as black or white."--BOOK JACKET.
586 $aBellwether Prize for Fiction, 2008.
650 0 $aRacially mixed children$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010109272
650 0 $aIdentity (Psychology)$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104230
650 0 $aIntergenerational relations$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009127385
655 7 $aBildungsromans.$2gsafd
852 0 $bglx$hPS3604.U757$iG57 2010