This Thing Called the Future

by J.L. Powers

Book Overview

Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
Best Teen Books, Kirkus Reviews
Best Fiction for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA)

AIDS and South Africa. Khosi, a 14-year-old girl, yearns for this thing called the future. Does she want too much?

Khosi lives with her beloved grandmother Gogo, her little sister Zi, and her weekend mother in a matchbox house on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933693959
• ISBN13: 9781933693958
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12