| International Standard Book Number |
9780316575751
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| International Standard Book Number |
0316575755
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| Personal Name |
Parsons, Karyn, 1968- author.
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| Title Statement |
Blue Beach / Karyn Parsons.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
298 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In the summer of 1929, the dead body of a white debutante washes up on the shore of Santa Monica's only Black beach, leading to racist attacks against Blue Collins and her family"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Fifteen-year-old Blue Collins's parents own the only Black beach in Santa Monica in 1929. She loves spending time there with her handsome friend Ben Clark. It's a quiet spot where they can be alone and where Ben's darker skin won't be judged by onlookers, or Blue's own family. During a sunset rendezvous after a summer parade, the pair discovers the body of Dottie Whitehouse, a white debutante. Blue Beach is already threatened by local white property owners. Now their whole community could be at risk. In their panic, Blue and Ben move Dottie's body into the waters of a nearby white beach. Dottie's body washes ashore, and it isn't long before all eyes are on Ben. Everyone saw how Dottie teased him and how they shared smiles. And their history goes deeper than Blue ever realized. But to save Ben from the outraged white townspeople, she'll need to do whatever she can to dig up the truth and prove his innocence. Ben isn't the only one whose life depends on it.
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| Target Audience Note |
Ages 12 and Up Little, Brown and Company.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Young adult fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Summer Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Suspects (Criminal investigation)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Segregation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism against Black people Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Santa Monica (Calif.)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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