Pieces of Why, K. L. Going
Pieces of Why, K. L. Going
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Pieces of Why

Author: K. L. Going

Narrator: Azure Parsons

Unabridged: 4 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2015


Synopsis

From the award winning author of Fat Kid Rules the World and The Liberation of Gabriel King comes a lyrical, middle grade gem that asks all the hard questions and hits all the right notes--perfect for fans of Cynthia Rylant and Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Tia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tia's dream is to change the world with her voice; and by all accounts, she might be talented enough. But when a shooting happens in her neighborhood and she learns the truth about the crime that sent her father to prison years ago, Tia finds she can't sing anymore. The loss prompts her to start asking the people in her community hard questions--questions everyone has always been too afraid to ask.

Full of humanity, Pieces of Why is a timely story that addresses grief, healing, and forgiveness, told through the eyes of a gifted girl who hears rhythm and song everywhere in her life.

About The Author

K. L. Going lives with her family in the Hudson Valley area of New York State. Since graduating from college she has worked as an adult literacy tutor, a ticket agent for a major airline, a front desk clerk at a resort hotel, and an assistant in a Manhattan literary agency. She has lived in Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and New York. K.L. is the author of many books, including Fat Kid Rules The World, The Liberation of Gabriel King, and Dog in Charge. Her first novel, Fat Kid Rules the World, was a YALSA Michael L. Printz honor book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gel on September 14, 2015

Thank you to Penguin Random House for sending me an ARC of this book. This does not affect my review in any way. After a thousand years, I have finally read another middle grade book! Pieces of Why by K.L. Going is beautifully written and is such a thought provoking book I wish this was published......more

Goodreads review by Clara on November 12, 2015

Twelve year old Tia may be tiny, but she has a powerful singing voice and loves singing in the Rainbow Choir with her best friend, Keisha at an old church in New Orleans. In fact, Tia dreams that she might just change the world with her voice. But her world crumbles around her at choir practice on a......more

Goodreads review by Allen on July 31, 2019

Wow! Chapter 1=sadness, Chapter 3= the secret, Chapter 23-25 = mending fences. Last three chapters I couldn't stop crying. This was great. Tia a girl of 12 with an amazing voice finds out her father is in prison for murder, she had been lied to. The accounts of how she felt were real, her inner dial......more

Goodreads review by aubrey on April 01, 2022

one of my favorite books of all time.......more

Goodreads review by Jorja on October 03, 2017

In the story Pieces Of Why by K.L Going, a young girl, Tia, is going through what will be one of the roughest times in her life. Her father Lyle Frank has been imprisoned for life for being found guilty of armed robbery, and only a handful of people know about it; that much she knows. In the story,......more


Quotes

"Skillfully tackles topics of race, class, and violence in a moving testament to family and friendship, love and loss, and the power of forgiveness."—Publishers Weekly

"A tender, accomplished story about the coming-of-age of a girl whose good intentions are challenged by uncertainties and her efforts to do what is right, even when that's frightening and painful."—Booklist

"An engrossing and accessible first-person narrative, Pieces of Why deftly challenges stereotypes while addressing the critical need for young people to connect to adults they can trust to help them make meaning of the complex world around them…Readers who like realistic fiction will appreciate the story’s authenticity, as will those looking for literature reflecting the daily challenges of their own lives."—VOYA

"[A] compelling and sensitive exploration of self-determination and coming of age."—BCCB