Nora & Kettle

2017 IPPY Award Winner —Independent Publisher Book Awards— Gold Recipient in YA MulticulturalA “remarkable” (Booklist Magazine) reimagining of Peter Pan. What if Peter Pan was a homeless kid just trying to survive, and Wendy flew away for a really good reason?Seventeen-year-old Kettle has had his share of adversity. As an orphaned Japanese American struggling to make a life in the aftermath of an event in history not often referred to—the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the removal of children from orphanages for having "one drop of Japanese blood in them"—things are finally looking up. He has his hideout in an abandoned subway tunnel, a job, and his gang of Lost Boys.Desperate to run away, the world outside her oppressive brownstone calls to naïve, eighteen-year-old Nora—the privileged daughter of a controlling and violent civil rights lawyer who is building a compensation case for the interned Japanese Americans. But she is trapped, enduring abuse to protect her younger sister Frankie and wishing on the stars every night for things to change.For months, they've lived side by side, their paths crossing yet never meeting. But when Nora is nearly killed and her sister taken away, their worlds collide as Kettle, grief stricken at the loss of a friend, angrily pulls Nora from her window.In her honeyed eyes, Kettle sees sadness and suffering. In his, Nora sees the chance to take to the window and fly away.Set in 1953, NORA AND KETTLE explores the collision of two teenagers facing extraordinary hardship. Their meeting is inevitable, devastating, and ultimately healing. Their stories, a collection of events, are each on their own harmless. But together, one after the other, they change the world.Lauren Nicolle Taylor’s Nora & Kettle is a heart-wrenching historical fiction novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Beginning of Everything, Eleanor & Park, The Book Thief, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye.Young adult historical fiction romance Japanese Internment prejudice and racism civil rights books about abuse world war 2 United States history 20th century Orphans & Foster homesHistorical FictionPeter Pan RetellingFairytale RetellingGrowing Up & Facts of LifeUnlikely FriendshipsSocial & Family IssuesDiseases, Illnesses & InjuriesComing of AgeClassics AmericanFairy tale retellingsFairytale retellingsYoung Adult historical fictionPeter Pan RetellingTeen books for girlsTeen books for boysSocial Issues in AmericaRomance and friendshipHistorical Romance Multicultural & Interracial RomanceAward Winner