Peas and Carrots

Written by Tanita S. Davis

A foster girl seeks belonging in a world of disappointment.

3.6 Goodreads · 367 ratings

288 pages· 760L

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Bookroo's summary

Dess, a teenage foster girl, knows disappointment well. Her mother's arrest places her with the Carters, a seemingly perfect family. Clashing with their daughter, Hope, Dess struggles to fit in. Yet, as differences fade, both girls discover a shared longing for belonging. Can they redefine family and find their place together?

From the publisher

A rich and memorable story from a Coretta Scott King honor award-winning author about a teenage foster girl looking for a place to call home. Dess knows that nothing good lasts. Disappointment is never far away, and that’s a truth that Dess has learned to live with. Dess’s mother’s most recent arrest is just the latest in a long line of disappointments, but this one lands her with her baby brother’s foster family. Dess doesn’t exactly fit in with the Carters. They’re so happy, so comfortable, so normal, and Hope, their teenage daughter, is so hopelessly naïve. Dess and Hope couldn’t be more unlike each other, but Austin loves them both like sisters. Over time their differences, insurmountable at first, fall away to reveal two girls who want the same thing: to belong. Tanita S. Davis, a Coretta Scott King Honor winner, weaves a tale of two modern teenagers defying stereotypes and deciding for themselves what it means to be a family.

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