Bibliograph

I'd rather burn than bloom, Shannon C.F. Rogers

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I'd rather burn than bloom, Shannon C.F. Rogers

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 13 and up, Feiwel & FriendsGrades 10-12, Feiwel & Friends

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

I'd rather burn than bloom

Oclc number

1336702590

Responsibility statement

Shannon C.F. Rogers

Summary

Alternating between present day and flashbacks, multiracial Filipina-American teen Marisol tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother's sudden deathMarisol and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. When her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn't say. When Marisol sleeps with her best friend's boyfriend--- and then punches said best friend in the face--- she is left alone with nothing but a burning anger. As a new friendship begins to develop, Marisol reluctantly starts to open up to the possibility there's something else on the other side of that anger--- something more to who she is, and who she could be

Target audience

adolescent

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I would rather burn than bloom

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