Maizon at Blue Hill.by Jacqueline Woodson Puffin, September 2002 $5.99, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-698-11957-6 When Maizon Singh accepts a scholarship to Blue Hill, a prestigious boarding school for girls in Connecticut, her world turns upside Upside The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise. Notes: This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future. See also: Bull, Downside down. The Brooklyn girl is unsure how she will fare without her loving grandmother, who raised her, and her best friend, Margaret. Maizon at Blue Hill is the second offering in a trilogy about the friendship between Margaret and Maizon. This young-adult book examines identity, racism, classism class·ism n. Bias based on social or economic class. class  ist adj. & n. and prejudice as the main character tries to fit in at the nearly all-white school. Jacqueline Woodson's teenage antagonists antagonists,n muscles that counterbalance agonists during specific movements. opioid Neurology A pain-attenuating peptide that occurs naturally in the brain, which induces analgesia by mimicking endogenous opioids at opioid are obnoxious and unlikable. The white girls look down on Maizon because she is black ("You look like the lady who cleans my family's house. Do you know her?"). The other four black girls at the boarding school are from wealthy families. Though several ridicule Maizon because she is poor and lacks home training, they insist that the race must stick together. At first, Maizon tries to ignore these social challenges by cutting herself off from everyone. But in her loneliness, Maizon decides to return home and "find a place where smart black girls from Brooklyn could feel like they belonged" Woodson has a knack for drawing characters and writing dialogue that is realistic. Maizon at Blue Hill was originally published in 1993 and will resonate res·o·nate v. res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing, res·o·nates v.intr. 1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects. 2. with kids of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color in private schools who deal with racism and prejudice every day. Overall, Maizon at Blue Hill is a fast-paced read about a smart kid trying to find her place in the world on her own terms.--L.J. |
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