Blended

  • Author: Sharon M. Draper
  • Narrator: Sharon M. Draper
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 5:42:01
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Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper.

Eleven-year-old Isabella’s parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she’s Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she’s Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves.

Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that her parents are divorced, it seems their fights are even worse, and they’re always about HER. Isabella feels even more stuck in the middle, split and divided between them than ever. And she’s is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad is more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: it’s also about switching identities. Her dad is black, her mom is white, and strangers are always commenting: “You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” She knows what they’re really saying: “You don’t look like your parents.” “You’re different.” “What race are you really?” And when her parents, who both get engaged at the same time, get in their biggest fight ever, Isabella doesn’t just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if you’re only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole?

It seems like nothing can bring Isabella’s family together again—until the worst happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired.

Chapters

  • 001 Blended Open

    Duration: 47s
  • 002 Blended Dedication

    Duration: 11s
  • 003 Blended Chapter1

    Duration: 01min
  • 004 Blended Chapter2

    Duration: 05min
  • 005 Blended Chapter3

    Duration: 07min
  • 006 Blended Chapter4

    Duration: 03min
  • 007 Blended Chapter5

    Duration: 02min
  • 008 Blended Chapter6 MomsWeek

    Duration: 01min
  • 009 Blended Chapter7 ExchangeDay

    Duration: 05min
  • 010 Blended Chapter8 MomsWeek

    Duration: 04min
  • 011 Blended Chapter9 MomsWeek

    Duration: 04min
  • 012 Blended Chapter10 MomsWeek

    Duration: 01min
  • 013 Blended Chapter11 DadsWeek

    Duration: 07min
  • 014 Blended Chapter12 MomsWeek

    Duration: 01min
  • 015 Blended Chapter13 MomsWeek

    Duration: 04min
  • 016 Blended Chapter14 ExchangeDay

    Duration: 07min
  • 017 Blended Chapter15 DadsWeek

    Duration: 02min
  • 018 Blended Chapter16 DadsWeek

    Duration: 04min
  • 019 Blended Chapter17 MomsWeek

    Duration: 03min
  • 020 Blended Chapter18 MomsWeek

    Duration: 04min
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