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Trowbridge Road
Marcella Pixley
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-0750-7
Keywords: Grief, PTSD, Mental Illness, AIDS, Spousal Abuse, Alcoholism, Depression, LGBTQ, Fantasy, Mothers, Grandmothers, Friendship, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
In 1983, when AIDS is a lethal mystery that kills June's father and renders her mother dangerously germophobic, a new kid with his own problems becomes a special ally.