Author: Tanita S. Davis
Publisher: Knopf, 2016
Pages: 288 p.
Source: VOYA
Compensation: None
Read: November 2015
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| Tanita S. Davis's Peas & Carrots |
Dess
has never had a normal family life. She’s moved from place to place with her
drug addict mother, living in fear of her criminal drug dealing father. When
her mother has a child with another man, Dess knows she needs to intervene or
her dangerous father will hurt them all. Four years later, Dess has settled
into a predictable life in a group home while she waits for her mother to get
out of prison and testify against her father, but then the unpredictable
happens and Dess is placed in a foster home—the same one her little brother has
grown up in. Dess is completely out of her element and immediately clashes with
her brother’s loving African American family, especially his fifteen year old
foster sister, Hope. When Dess’s life is thrown another curve ball, she
realizes what family really means.
Written
in chapters alternating Dess’s and Hope’s views, Davis manages to address
racial stereotypes without being heavy-handed. Although Dess and Hope are very
different on the outside, they both face the same insecurities. Peas and Carrots is a quick interesting
read. There are some unanswered questions about Dess’s parents--will her mother
actually testify against her father and will Dess ever be safe from him
again--but ultimately this story is about Dess’s new family and new beginnings.
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