Rising class how three first-generation college students conquered their first year

Making it through the first year of college is tough. Even tougher? Being the first in your family to do it. Miller shadows Briana, Conner, and Jacklynn-- from before they stepped foot on their respective campuses, through their freshman year, and long after that year concluded. The trio are real pe...

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Main Author: Miller, Jennifer, 1980- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Making it through the first year of college is tough. Even tougher? Being the first in your family to do it. Miller shadows Briana, Conner, and Jacklynn-- from before they stepped foot on their respective campuses, through their freshman year, and long after that year concluded. The trio are real people, making their way into the world and trying to figure out their place in it, while dealing with the developing COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020. -- adapted from jacket and Author's Note.
Physical Description:viii, 339 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 12-18 years
Grades 10-12
ISBN:9780374313579
0374313571
Author Notes:Jennifer Miller is an author and journalist. Her debut novel, The Year of the Gadfly , was called "entirely addictive" ( Glamour ) and a "darkly comic romp" ( The Washington Post ). She writes frequently for The New York Times and The Washington Post Magazin e. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.