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Born Blueby Han Nolan
Presented by Ms. Doherty
About the Author Han Nolan
Born in Alabama in 1956active and loved to sing and dance as a child hated school until 6th grade when she
started creative writingadopted three children with her husbandOther books she’s written include Crazy,
A Summer of Kings, When We Were Saints, If I Should Die Before I Wake, Send Me Down A Miracle, Dancing On the Edge, A Face In Every Window
Source: http://www.hannolan.com
Important Characters in Born Blue
Mama Linda
Janie, aka Leshaya
Harmon Paul
Main Setting
Alabama, 1960s
Conflicts
Janie’s dream Janie’s problems
Summary of Novel
Janie goes to live with a foster family when she is very small and becomes close to Harmon, her foster brother.
Her mother takes her away to live with some other people who are not very nice.
They get arrested and Janie goes to other foster homes.
She finally runs away and gets involved with some older people who want to help her with her singing.
She gets involved with drugs and alcohol and becomes pregnant.
She has to make some decisions: her music or the drugs or the baby? How will she survive?
Review
I highly recommend this book. It is realistic because the characters
experience problems that real people face.It is suspenseful because you are never sure
what Janie will do next.Warning: Sometimes the language is
inappropriate and Janie does inappropriate things, so be sure your parents would approve of you reading it.