This Is Our Place

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By Vitor Martins

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This Is Our Place by Vitor Martins is a beautifully woven story exploring the lives of three different individuals connected by the same house across various decades. Each character navigates personal struggles and pivotal moments, discovering love, identity, and friendship while the house stands as a silent witness to their evolving stories. This charming tale highlights the human experience of longing and belonging in a setting that remains constant even as time and circumstances change.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring themes of identity, love, and belonging within the vibrant context of a changing neighbourhood. With its engaging narrative and well-drawn characters, it's perfect for fans of heartfelt young adult fiction that captures the complexity of personal growth and the intertwining of past and present lives.

The house at Number 8 Sunflower Street tells the stories of three teenagers who have lived within its walls in the 21st century: Ana, a lesbian forced to leave her home; Greg, sent to live with his aunt when his parents divorce; and Beto, a would-be photographer living during the COVID pandemic.

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Three teens -- in three different decades -- navigate life, love, and family in Vitor Martins's heartfelt new novel that spans generations. Perfect for fans of Tales from the City and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

If the walls of Number 8 Sunflower Street could talk ...

As Ana celebrates the new millennium, she is shocked to learn that she must leave behind her childhood home, her hometown, and -- hardest of all -- her girlfriend for a new life in Rio de Janeiro.

Ten years later, Greg is sent to live with his aunt -- who runs a video rental store from her garage and owns a dog named Keanu Reeves -- as his parents work out their not-so-secret divorce.

And ten years after that, Beto must put his dreams of becoming a photographer on hold as the Covid-19 pandemic arrives in Brazil, forcing him to live with his overprotective mother and overachieving sister.

Set in and narrated by the same house, Number 8 Sunflower Street, and in three different decades -- 2000, 2010, and 2020 respectively -- This Is Our Place is a novel about queer teens dealing with sudden life changes, family conflict, and first loves, proving that while generations change, we will always be connected to each other.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781338818642

Publisher: Scholastic US

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Scholastic US

Contributors:

Translated by Larissa Helena

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

Pages: 320

Collections

Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ Romance Pop Culture: Best-Selling Books Vitor Martins Young Adult

About the Author

Vitor Martins received his degree in journalism but works as an illustrator. He published his first YA novel Quinze Dias in June 2017 with Globo Alt in Brazil (to be published as Here the Whole Time in the U.S. in fall 2020).

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