The Orange Houses

By Paul Griffin

Book Overview

Tamika Sykes, AKA Mik, is hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She's a tough girl who mostly keeps to herself and can shut anyone out with the click of her hearing aid. But then she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells newspapers, and Jimmi, a homeless vet who is shunned by the rest of the community, and her life takes an unexpected turn.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142419826
• ISBN13: 9780142419823
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher