Calling My Name

Calling My Name

<p><strong>“<em>Calling My Name</em> is a treasure.”—Nic Stone, <em>New York Times</em>–bestselling author of <em>Dear Martin</em></strong></p><p><em>Calling My Name</em> is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self—ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.</p><p>This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose.</p><p>Told in fifty-three short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, <em>Calling My Name</em> follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school. Literary and noteworthy, this is a beauty of a novel that captures the multifaceted struggle of finding where you belong and why you matter.</p>