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Harbor Me

by Jacqueline Woodson Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS

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A room for difficult conversations

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    A New York Times bestseller

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A room for difficult conversations

Six students meet each week in a room they name the ARTT Room, where they can talk without adults listening in. Their conversations bring together distinct pressures: a parent’s deportation or incarceration, fears of racial profiling, disability, and changes in family circumstances. The shared setting connects these concerns without making them interchangeable; the students’ growing trust gives the book a clear focus on speaking openly, listening, and finding courage in company. Jacqueline Woodson’s middle-grade novel frames friendship as a space where young people can voice what they keep hidden elsewhere.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Middle-grade readers interested in friendships built through honest conversation.
  • Readers seeking fiction that addresses family separation, incarceration, racial profiling, disability, and changing family circumstances.

Themes

Friendship and trustSpeaking openlyFamily separation and changeRacial profilingDisability

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Book overview

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.

It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.
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