American Made Author:Shylah Boyd The book starts out in 1959 with 14 year old Shylah, the heroine, being sent to live with her alcoholic father in Key Lime after her mother's suicide. We follow Shylah through her teens, with bubble hairdos, beach parties, making out, and rum and cokes. She moves to New York City to pursue her painting and makes her way through an marriage, alco... more »holism, an overdose, and a loony bin. Told in the first person, Shylah emerges as a strong, vital, likeable, American made woman.« less
Imaginative and surprising. Storybook characters come alive. Students get involved with reading. A Great Scholastic book for young readers. Every student wants a teacher like this.