Pariah

Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced Ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene nei... (more)

Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced Ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is quietly embracing her identity as a lesbian. But whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion at home, her parents' already strained marriage is pushed to the breaking point. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity -- sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward. (less)

A teenage girl must decide between the life that she wishes to have and the life that her parents have picked out for he... (more)

A teenage girl must decide between the life that she wishes to have and the life that her parents have picked out for her. (less)