Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

"Calling My Name is a treasure."--Nic Stone, New York Times-bestselling author of Dear Martin

Calling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self--ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.

This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose.

Told in fifty-three short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school. Literary and noteworthy, this is a beauty of a novel that captures the multifaceted struggle of finding where you belong and why you matter.

Liara Tamani is a Houston native. Vermont College awarded her an MFA in writing. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Calling My Name and All the Things We Never Knew, which were both finalists for the 2018 PEN America Literary Prize and the 2018 SCBWI Golden Kite Award. Liaratamani's website is www.liaratamani.com.