Good Fortune
School year: Year 10, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 496
Published: 2010
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.
There are 496 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2010 by Simon & Schuster .
NONI CARTER is a 19-year-old honors student who enjoys writing, music and tennis. She is a sophmore at Harvard University. Noni lives in Fairburn, Georgia with her parents, two younger sisters, and an older brother. Good Fortune is her first novel.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Parents' Choice Award - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Parents' Choice Award.
"Noni Carter is an important new voice in black literature. Get on board now because we'll be hearing from her for a long, long time." -- Reginald Hudlin, producer/director of "House Party" and "Boomerang" and author of "The Black Panther" Series
"Noni Carter is an old wise soul in the body of a beautiful young woman. She has listened to the elders and the ancestors and brought us a story from the past that gives hope to our present and future. " -- Bertice Berry, author of "Redemption Song" and "The Ties That Bind"
"Few young novelists have the gift, range, and courage to tackle the sin of Slavery. Noni Carter does just that. And she does it well. Read "Good Fortune" and know that she has that rare quality of a natural storyteller--simple, poetic, and intensely emotional. This is extraordinary writing, rich in history, full of triumph." -- Kwame Alexander, author of "Crush: Love Poems", and founder of Book-in-a-Day, Inc.
"Noni Carter was only a child when she first conceived of this story of a young girl's journey from freedom to slavery and back to ultimate freedom--but her debut novel is written with wisdom and heart far beyond her years. Well researched and delightfully well-written, "Good Fortune" is an empowering testament to history that will move readers both young and old." -- Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author of "The Black Rose" and "Joplin's Ghost"