For eighteen gritty years, a boy dodges the cracks in system in this “piercing, unforgettable novel” (<i>Booklist</i>) from E.R. Frank that<i>Kirkus Reviews </i>deemed “a work of sublime humanity.”<br><br>America is mistaken for black, Asian, Native American, even white. He doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere, and, parentless, he is shunted for eighteen years from a foster home, to the street, and ultimately to the brink of despair. Can one doctor pull him back and bring America somewhere new—somewhere with a future?<br><br><i>America </i>was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and has received numerous other honors, and E.L. Frank’s extensive experience as a clinical social worker and therapist is why “the author’s ability to capture so much emotion in the details makes this book remarkable” (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review).