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    Audiobook4 hours

    Pieces of Why

    Written by K. L. Going

    Narrated by Azure Parsons

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    About this audiobook

    From the award winning author of Fat Kid Rules the World and The Liberation of Gabriel King comes a lyrical, middle grade gem that asks all the hard questions and hits all the right notes--perfect for fans of Cynthia Rylant and Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

    Tia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tia's dream is to change the world with her voice; and by all accounts, she might be talented enough. But when a shooting happens in her neighborhood and she learns the truth about the crime that sent her father to prison years ago, Tia finds she can't sing anymore. The loss prompts her to start asking the people in her community hard questions--questions everyone has always been too afraid to ask.

    Full of humanity, Pieces of Why is a timely story that addresses grief, healing, and forgiveness, told through the eyes of a gifted girl who hears rhythm and song everywhere in her life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 8, 2015
    ISBN9781101917497
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    Pieces of Why
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    K. L. Going

    K. L. Going is the author of the Garden of Eve, Saint Iggy, The Liberation of Gabriel King, and Fat Kid Rules the World, which was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book.

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      Tia, wholives in New Orleans with her mother, loves to sing with her choir. Singing is her favorite thing. But when she learns of an infant's death in a shooting and of the real reason for her father's incarceration her reality is changed, and singing is no longer enough.