We Deserve Monuments

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Synopsis
Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a YA debut from Jas Hammonds that explores how racial violence can ripple down through generations.

What’s more important: Knowing the truth or keeping the peace?

Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she’s turned away, leaving her desperate to learn the secrets that split her family in two.

While tempers flare in her avoidant family, Avery finds friendship in unexpected places: in Simone Cole, her captivating next-door neighbor, and Jade Oliver, daughter of the town’s most prominent family—whose mother’s murder remains unsolved. As the three girls grow closer—Avery and Simone’s friendship blossoming into romance—the sharp-edged opinions of their small southern town begin to hint at something insidious underneath.

The racist history of Bardell, Georgia is rooted in Avery’s family in ways she can’t even imagine. With Mama Letty's health dwindling every day, Avery must decide if digging for the truth is worth toppling the delicate relationships she's built in Bardell—or if some things are better left buried.

A School Library Journal Best Book of 2022

Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
384 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781250816566
Related ISBNs:
9781250816559
Publisher:
Roaring Brook Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Jasmyne Hammonds.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Parenting and Family, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Reading Age:
14–18
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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