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.