Quaking
Title:
Quaking
Author:
Erskine, Kathryn
ISBN:
9780399247743
Publication Information:
New York : Philomel Books, 2007
Physical Description:
236 p. ; 22 cm
Abstract:
In a Pennsylvania town where anti-war sentiments are treated with contempt and violence, Matt, a fourteen-year-old girl living with a Quaker family, deals with the demons of her past as she battles bullies of the present, eventually learning to trust in others as well as herself.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Patriotism -- Juvenile fiction |
| Toleration -- Juvenile fiction |
| High schools -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction |
| Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction |
| Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Schools -- Juvenile fiction |
| Family life -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction |
| Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction |
| Young adult fiction |
Summary:
In a Pennsylvania town where anti-war sentiments are treated with contempt and violence, Matt, a fourteen-year-old girl living with a Quaker family, deals with the demons of her past as she battles bullies of the present, eventually learning to trust in others as well as herself.