Calling My Name
Calling My Name by Liara Tamani, published by HarperCollins on October 24, 2017, is a 320-page exploration of family, spirituality, and self. This literary work presents a coming-of-age story centered on Taja Brown, a young African American girl navigating her formative years in Houston, Texas. The narrative delves into the complexities of growing up, addressing family expectations, and the quest for identity and purpose.
Readers will find that Calling My Name unfolds through fifty-three short, episodic chapters, each contributing to Taja’s journey from middle school to high school. The book captures the universal challenges of adolescence, emphasizing the importance of finding one’s voice and place in the world. With themes of family and self-discovery, this edition offers a poignant look at the multifaceted nature of belonging and significance in life.
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“Calling My Name is a treasure.”—Nic Stone, New York Times–bestselling author of Dear Martin
Calling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self—ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.
This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose.
Told in fifty-three short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school. Literary and noteworthy, this is a beauty of a novel that captures the multifaceted struggle of finding where you belong and why you matter.
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