Like Sisters on the Homefront

Like Sisters on the Homefront - When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old and her baby, Jose down to Georgia to live with relatives. There's nothing to do and nowhere to go. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future. A 1996 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year.