Tayshas Reading A 2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner With gentle humor and unflinching realism, Gail Giles tells the gritty, ultimately hopeful story of two special ed teenagers entering the adult world.
She lives near Houston, Texas..
About the Author: Gail Giles is the author of several books for young adults, including Shattering Glass, What Happened to Cass Mc Bride?, and Right Behind You.
Hard-hitting and compassionate, Girls Like Us is a story about growing up in a world that can be cruel, and finding the strength -- and the support -- to carry on.
But as Biddy\'s past resurfaces and Quincy faces a harrowing experience that no one should have to go through alone, the two of them realize that they might have more in common than they thought -- and more important, that they might be able to help each other move forward.
When they\'re thrown together as roommates in their first "real world" apartment, it initially seems to be an uneasy fit.
Quincy and Biddy are both graduates of their high school\'s special ed program, but they couldn\'t be more different: suspicious Quincy faces the world with her fists up, while gentle Biddy is frightened to step outside her front door.
And that makes me mad.
And most of what we understand is that people what ain\'t Speddies think we too stupid to get out our own way.
We just learn it slow.
We understand stuff.
Tayshas Reading A 2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner With gentle humor and unflinching realism, Gail Giles tells the gritty, ultimately hopeful story of two special ed teenagers entering the adult world
