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Pieces of why

by K. L. Going

Gospel singersJuvenile fictionChildren's choirsChildren of prisonersTraumatic neurosesFathers and daughtersMothers and daughtersFiction

Twelve-year-old Tia lives in a white slum in New Orleans with her mother, and her whole world revolves around singing in the gospel choir with her best friend, Keisha--but when practice is interrupted by a shooting outside the church, and a baby is killed, Tia finds that she cannot sing, and she is forced to confront her feelings about her incarcerated father who killed a girl in a failed robbery years before.

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Book data: Open Library