Kiki in the middle / Ann Malaspina.

By: Malaspina, Ann, 1957-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Pub., 2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 185 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781978596078Subject(s): Artists -- Juvenile fiction | Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction | Demonstrations -- Juvenile fiction | Artists -- Fiction | Police shootings -- Fiction | Demonstrations -- FictionGenre/Form: Novels in verse.DDC classification: [Fic] Summary: "Kiki is a teen artist living with her Greek-American family in Queens. After a man with mental illness is killed by police, protests fill the streets. Kiki's into art, not activism, and would rather observe from the sidelines than participate, but she reluctantly joins her friends on a march. She is shocked when a protestor lifts up a photograph of her brother, Stravros, and one word--#Murderer. Stavros, a police rookie in his first week on the job, says he was just defending himself. But Kiki's friends, and thousands of protesters, news reporters, and politicians, say he should be in jail. Kiki must decide who to believe, and what to do about it. Even artists can't stand on the sidelines forever"--Back cover.
Item type: List(s) this item appears in: High-Interest Books (80L - 300L) | Novels & Memoirs in Verse | New Novels
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Kirkus Review, September 2022

"Kiki is a teen artist living with her Greek-American family in Queens. After a man with mental illness is killed by police, protests fill the streets. Kiki's into art, not activism, and would rather observe from the sidelines than participate, but she reluctantly joins her friends on a march. She is shocked when a protestor lifts up a photograph of her brother, Stravros, and one word--#Murderer. Stavros, a police rookie in his first week on the job, says he was just defending himself. But Kiki's friends, and thousands of protesters, news reporters, and politicians, say he should be in jail. Kiki must decide who to believe, and what to do about it. Even artists can't stand on the sidelines forever"--Back cover.

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