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This Side of Home by Renée Watson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is This Side of Home about?

From New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author Renée Watson comes a captivating and poignant coming-of-age urban novel about sisters, friends, and what it means to embrace change. Maya Younger and her identical twin sister, Nikki, have always agreed on the important things. Friends. Boys. School. They even plan to attend the same historically African American college. But nothing can always remain the same. As their Portland neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, Maya feels her connection to Nikki and their community slipping away. Nikki spends more time at trendy coffee shops than backyard barbecues, and their new high school principal is more committed to erasing the neighborhood's "ghetto" reputation than honoring its history. Home doesn't feel like home anymore. As Maya struggles to hold on to her black heritage, she begins to wonder with whom--or where--she belongs. Does growing up have to mean growing apart?

Who reads This Side of Home?

Author

Renée Watson

Publisher

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781619639300

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.97 / 5 (1,298 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14