Bibliograph

The chosen one, a first-generation Ivy League odyssey, Echo Brown

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The chosen one, a first-generation Ivy League odyssey, Echo Brown

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 14 & up, Little, Brown and Company

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The chosen one

Oclc number

1243036920

Responsibility statement

Echo Brown

Sub title

a first-generation Ivy League odyssey

Summary

"There are many watchers and they are always white. That's the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite graduating high school in Cleveland as valedictorian, she is struggling to keep up in demanding classes. The campus is not a rainbow-colored utopia where education lifts every voice. Nor is it a paradise of ideas, an incubator of inclusivity, or even an exciting dating scene. But it might be a magical portal to different dimensions of time and space -- only accessible if Echo accepts her calling as a Chosen One and takes charge of her future by healing her past. In mesmerizing personal narrative and magical realism, Echo Brown confronts mental illness, grief, racism, love, friendship, ambition, self-worth, and belonging as they steer the fates of first-generation college students on Dartmouth's campus. The Chosen One is an unforgettable coming-of-age story that bravely unpacks the double-edged college transition -- as both catalyst for lingering wounds and a fresh start." --Book jacket

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

Creator