A Song for Bijou

· Bloomsbury Publishing USA
4.4
9 reviews
Ebook
304
Pages

About this ebook

Life for Alex Schrader has never involved girls. He goes to an all-boys prep school and spends most of his time goofing around with his friends. But all that changes the first time he meets Bijou Doucet, a Haitian girl recently relocated to Brooklyn after the earthquake-and he is determined to win her heart. For Bijou, change is the only constant, and she's surprised every day by how different life is in America, especially when a boy asks her out. Alex quickly learns that there are rules when it comes to girls-both in Haitian culture and with his own friends. And Bijou soon learns that she doesn't have to let go of her roots to find joy in her new life.

Told in alternating viewpoints against the vibrant backdrop of Haitian-American culture, Alex and Bijou take their first tender steps toward love in this heartwarming story.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
9 reviews
Anna Mahone
September 16, 2014
This book is just outstanding! I really did enjoy reading it. It's well detailed, and romantic, along with comedy here and there. I strongly recommend this book to middle schoolers, like myself. Even if you get the sample, that's fine. I have to say, this is the best book I have ever read. Please get it, I know you'll love it.
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Quick Response
November 9, 2014
It is amazing you have to read it. It's the best book ever it is outstanding to.One time I read it I was in high school it's my favorite book you should read it if you don't you won't fall in love. It is last book I read and it is great I was at my grandmother house I'd enjoy it and it is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you have a great book
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Courtney Romany
June 11, 2014
This book is so good.Bijou and my mom relate because they where both born in haiti and came to america
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About the author

JOSH FARRAR is the author of Rules to Rock By. Josh wrote A Song for Bijou as a kind of love letter to the borough of Brooklyn, New York, where he lives. To research A Song for Bijou, he interviewed Haitians and Haitian Americans in the New York area and took long winter walks in the neighborhood of Flatbush. He also sampled many delicious West Indian dishes, listened to rara music in Prospect Park, and bruised his thumb in a Haitian drumming class.
www.FarrarBooks.com

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