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How Far We Go and How Fast

by Nora Decter
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Sixteen-year-old Jolene, named after the girl in the Dolly Parton song, is from a long line of lowlifes, but at least they're musical lowlifes. Her mother is a tanning-salon manager who believes she can channel her karaoke habit into a professional singing career. Jolene's dad, a failed bass player, has gone back to the family demolition business and lives by the company motto: "We do not build things; we only tear them down." But Jolene and her big brother, Matt, are true musicians, writing songs together that make everything Jo hates about their lives matter less.

When Matt up and leaves in the middle of the night, Jo loses her only friend, her support system and the one person who made her feel cool. As it becomes clear that Matt is never coming back, Jo must use music to navigate her loss.

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  • Release date

    September 25, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781459816909

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781459816909
      • File size: 1391 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 750
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      July 1, 2018
      A sensitive musician from the wrong side of Winnipeg, Jolene hits bottom before finally making peace with her family's wounded past.Sixteen-year-old Jolene, named after the Dolly Parton song, moves through the Canadian winter in a state of depression. She is a resourceful young woman who attends lectures at the local university even as she risks flunking out of high school for continually skipping classes. A talented composer from a musical family, she cleans up after her karaoke-singing mother's drunken friends and misses her older brother, Matt, who set off with his guitar in the middle of the night under mysterious circumstances. When she finds a job washing dishes at a local bar and makes friends with an older girl who introduces her to mosh pits, the careful barriers she has built against her feelings begin to break down, and only then does the reader understand the full extent of her loss. Decter's debut novel uses artful language and the frozen northern landscape to hint at tragedy even as the plot is withholding. Especially touching, a kind teacher plays a role in Jolene's healing. Jolene and her family are white; her mother's best friend is Ojibwa; and the author alludes to historical and present-day inequities in the community.A tender story about the love found in an imperfect, working-class family. (Fiction. 14-18)

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  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:750
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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