Upstate
A Novel
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · January 10, 2006
"Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?" So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, set in the 1990's in New York.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, intimate read for when you want feelings, friction, and room to settle in.
- Genres
- Romance, Coming-of-Age, Epistolary Fiction
- Published
- St. Martin's Press, January 10, 2006
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"Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?" So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, set in the 1990's in New York. Antonio and Natasha's world is turned upside down, and their young love is put to the test, when Antonio finds himself in jail, accused of a shocking crime.
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Antonio fights to stay alive on the inside, while on the outside, Natasha faces choices that will change her life. Over the course of a decade, they share a desperate correspondence. Often, they have only each other to turn to as life takes them down separate paths and leaves them wondering if they will ever find their way back together. Startling, real, and filled with raw emotion, Upstate is an unforgettable coming-of-age story with a message of undeniable hope. Brilliant and profoundly felt, it is destined to speak to a new generation of readers.
Quiet Stakes
A warm, intimate read for when you want feelings, friction, and room to settle in.
Come here for
- warm, sustained YA storytelling
- parent-child tension with book-club feel
Expect
- African American YA lens
- teen pregnancy and parental stakes
Where it sits
| Epistolary Fiction | 97% |
|---|---|
| Coming-of-Age | 55% |
| Romance | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Romance
- Coming-of-Age
- Epistolary Fiction
- Authors
- Chadwick Boseman, Heather Simms, Kalisha Buckhanon
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- January 10, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Romance