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Itch by Kwasney, Michelle D. is a ya fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Itch about?
<p><P>After the death of her beloved Gramps, Delores Colchester, better known as “Itch,” moves with her grandmother from Florida to Ohio. Starting over is hard, and Itch feels like an outsider in her new school, until she becomes friends with popular baton-twirling Gwendolyn. On the outside, Gwendolyn seems perfect: talented, smart, and beautiful. But she has a dark secret, which Itch begins to suspect and soon discovers is true. “Speaking up takes courage,” Gramps had always told Itch, and she’s about to discover just how much. <P>Michelle D. Kwasney weaves a compelling story about child abuse, family, and friendship against the backdrop of the late 1960s.</p><h3>Children's Literature</h3><p>Delores adores her grandpa, and even accepts his pet name for her. Itch was appropriate after she got into poison ivy. But his heart attack changed her and Gram's life. Selling the house and his 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible, leaving her best friend, Bailey, and starting a new school in 6th grade is terrible. Moving from Florida to Ohio means she and Gram will live in Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park. After Delores meets Wendy, the winner of the 1968 Lakeville Tal
Who reads Itch?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Kwasney, Michelle D.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805080834
- Category
- ya fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (253 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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